01533cam a2200337 i 4500 1262050873 TxAuBib 211206s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021043416 9780063204157 0063204150 (OCoLC)19153 TxAuBib rda Van Pelt, Shelby, author. Remarkably bright creatures : a novel / Shelby Van Pelt. First edition. New York, NY : Ecco, 2022. 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine 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. Octopuses Fiction. Widows Fiction. Human-animal relationships Fiction. Mothers and sons Fiction. Missing persons Investigation Fiction. Washington (State) Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Animal fiction.