Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea)

Nobody visits Eerie-on-Sea in the winter. Especially not when darkness falls and the wind howls around Maw Rocks and the wreck of the battleship Leviathan, where even now some swear they have seen the unctuous Malamander creep…

Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, knows that returning lost things to their rightful owners is not easy – especially when the lost thing is not a thing at all, but a girl. No one knows what happened to Violet Parma’s parents twelve years ago, and when she engages Herbie to help her find them, the pair discover that their disappearance might have something to do with the legendary sea-monster, the Malamander. Eerie-on-Sea has always been a mysteriously chilling place, where strange stories seem to wash up. And it just got stranger...

没有人会在冬天参观海怪。尤其是当夜幕降临，狂风在岩石破口和利维坦号战船残骸周围咆哮的时候，甚至现在，有些人还发誓，他们在那里看到过油乎乎的蜥蜴爬行……

赫伯特·莱蒙是诺第留斯大酒店的失物创办人，他知道把失物归还给他们合法的主人并不容易——尤其是当失物根本不是一件东西，而是一个女孩的时候。没有人知道12年前维奥莱特·帕尔玛的父母发生了什么事，当她请赫比帮她寻找他们时，这对夫妇发现他们的失踪可能与传说中的海怪——蝾螈有关。海上的恐怖一直是一个神秘而令人心寒的地方，奇怪的故事似乎在这里流传。事情变得更奇怪了……