Slack Bay

Several tourists have vanished on the beaches of the Channel Coast. Infamous inspectors Machin and Malfoy soon gather that these mysterious disappearances take place in Slack Bay, home to a community of fishermen that includes the curious Brufort family. The family's father, know as "The Eternal," oversees a band of prankster sons, especially the impetuous Ma Loute. Towering high above the bay stands the Van Peteghems' mansion, where the degenerate bourgeois family spends its summers. When a peculiar love story between Ma Loute and the mischievous Billie Van Peteghem blooms, confusion shakes the families to their foundations.