Strings by S.Q. McGrath

A vacation spent as a family in a charming seaside town seemed exactly what the Curry family needed, even if it had been a freak of nature that brought them there. Arthur would aid an old friend in research while Lilia painted beaches and meadows, the boys would swim and socialize, and eleven-year-old Ramona would collect curiosities. But something else was due to arrive at Blackswallow Beach that summer, something heralded by an increasingly bizarre menagerie of circus folk, and that something had its sights set on more than entertainment. For the ocean vast is dark and deep . . . to know, we’d never sleep . . .