The Hungry Sea — Leslie Ames

The terrible secret of Casa Estrana!

Ann Vestry wanted to get away from her past, from the subtle reminders of a love that never flowered, so she took a position as secretary to research chemist Aldo Maston at his combination home and sea laboratory, Casa Estrana. And she discovered what a strange house it was when she realized that Aldo's experiments involved generating life from dead tissue. Was this man a dedicated biochemist or a Dr. Frankenstein, playing God over all humanity?

Ann soon feared that she might be Aldo's next guinea pig, as was his late wife, whose death might not have been accidental.

With Aldo's handsome nephew Hank at her side, Ann discovered the terrible secret of Casa Estrana, and at the same time found that love burned anew in her heart.