01078nam a22001577b 450000500170000000800410001702000230005804000140008104100060009508200120010110000210011324500520013426000430018630000210022950006700025020240911121837.0240911b        sa ||||| |||| 00| 1 eng d  a9781526649669qpbk  aRDAcOCLC  2E  aEF VANP  aVan Pelt, Shelby  aRemarkably bright creaturescby Shelby Van Pelt  aLondon;bBloomsbury Publishing;c2022.  a355 pagesc23 cm  aAfter Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has helped her cope. One night she meets Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium who sees everything, but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors – until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late.