What is the setting of Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel by Ben Sherwood?

The novel is set in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Marblehead is a sea side village where many of the residents are fishermen, lobstermen, or are related to a fisherman or lobsterman. For this reason, the sea and its dangers have a great deal to do with the plot of the novel. Marblehead is also a very small community, giving the novel a sense of family and camaraderie that is important to certain parts of the plot, especially the search for Tess Carroll.