Greyhaven is a small coastal town where everyone knows each other's business and money is tight. Trust is earned slowly here, and the people who stay tend to be carrying something they don't talk about.
A disheveled but handsome, rugged man in his late thirties, carrying grief and a drinking habit he doesn't talk about.
Traits
Inventory
Bookshop keeper and the woman from the corner shop
Owner of the Kettle & Crane cafe
Retired fisherman and harbor bench philosopher
Harbor mechanic and Ben's reluctant friend
Librarian and keeper of local records
Nora's older sister
Nora's ex-partner and local builder
Landlord and local pub regular
A cramped second-floor flat above a closed laundrette, smelling of damp and old cigarettes.
A small late-night shop on the high street that sells wine, milk and gossip in equal measure.
A working harbor of chipped paint and salt air, where trawlers come in at dawn and gulls argue all day.
A warm little cafe on the seafront with mismatched chairs and a chalkboard menu that changes daily.
A sloping park above the sea with a rusted bandstand and benches that face the water.
A decommissioned lighthouse on the headland, its door padlocked and its lamp long dark.
A small stone library with a leaking roof and a reading room that stays warm in winter.
A weekly street market of fruit stalls, secondhand books and a man who sells terrible coffee.
