這個夏天,一個詭異的水上樂園讓你一路尖叫到底!
歡迎來到這個沒有吉拿棒,只有毛骨悚然陵墓的樂園。雙胞胎組合得找到那個「消失的東西」,才能踏上回家的路!
奇妙的12歲雙胞胎組合——勇敢的西奧與膽小的亞歷山大,還有他們的姊姊薇兒。他們在半夜被父母吵醒,跟著燭光來到薩芙羅尼亞阿姨家。他們對阿姨一無所知,只知道阿姨完全不會照顧小孩,不會用手機,走路時腳似乎還根本沒碰到地!
最奇怪的是,薩芙羅尼亞阿姨帶他們到一個水上樂園。這個樂園看起來比阿姨還古怪,滑水道看起來像石像鬼的舌頭,工作人員都穿著令人毛骨悚然的黑色衣服。這裡沒有吉拿棒可以吃,不許跑步,而且除了他們之外,樂園裡根本沒人!這裡有的只是維多利亞時代的建築,還有奇怪的陵墓……
薩芙羅尼亞阿姨只告訴他們一句話:找到丟掉的東西。接著他們又遇到一位管理員告訴他們樂園過往的秘密,而這個樂園的主人神秘消失了。他們要找的東西究竟是什麼?如果他們希望找到回家的路,這個夏天,孩子們必須聯手解開謎團!
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「就像一個巨大的滑水道,讓你一路尖叫到底!」——紐約時報暢銷書作者荷莉.布萊克(Holly Black)
A brand-new middle-grade mystery series that's spooky, creepy, and filled with gothic twists! Meet the Sinister-Winterbottom twins, who solve mysteries at increasingly bizarre summer vacation destinations in the hopes of being reunited with their parents—or at the very least finally finding a good churro.
“Like a big waterslide that you scream all the way down, only to laugh in relief and get right back on, this book is gothically hilarious and an absolute delight. If I have to die in a waterpark, I want to die in this one.”—Holly Black, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Folk of the Air series
"Packed with wordplay and mock-gothic mystery, this first title in the Sinister Summer series is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket, Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl."—Shelf Awareness
Meet the Sinister-Winterbottoms: brave Theo, her timid twin, Alexander, and their older sister, Wil. They’re stuck for the summer with their Aunt Saffronia, who doesn’t know how often children need to eat and can’t use a smartphone, and whose feet never quite seem to touch the floor when she glides—er—walks.
When Aunt Saffronia suggests a week pass to the Fathoms of Fun Waterpark, they hastily agree. But the park is even stranger than Aunt Saffronia. The waterslides look like gray gargoyle tongues. The employees wear creepy black dresses and deliver ominous messages. An impossible figure is at the top of the slide tower, people are disappearing, and suspicious goo is seeping into the wave pool.
Something mysterious is happening at Fathoms of Fun, and it’s up to the twins to get to the bottom of it. The mystery, that is. NOT the wave pool. Definitely NOT the wave pool. But are Theo and Alexander out of their depth?