It's 1982, six teenagers are growing up together in a quiet seaside town in England. All have hopes and dreams and a secret, the same secret. But they are too ashamed to tell their friends about it. Murder happens, crimes happen, assault happens. One by one they seek to avenge the wrong doing against them, but which one, if any, achieves it? A coming-of-age story about the lives of six teenagers, lifelong friends, all from the same background, whose young lives diverge but still overlap. The first book in the 'by the sea' series.