A classic murder mystery set in a great swirl of plastic waste in the mid-Pacific where colonizing alien octopods have established a civilization. The colonists have found their own amateur detective in Devilly Peen, author and sleuth who lives in the small village of Nether Vortex, a village that seethes with intrigue. When an old friend begs for help, Devilly Peen stretches her tentacles to investigate a series of brutal and baffling murders. Squid ink and suckers abound in this alien whodunnit. A perfect beach read.