Remarkably Bright Creatures

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favorite Fiction (2022), Nominee for Readers' Favorite Debut Novel (2022)

Marcellus, the grumpy octopus with a tender heart. Octopuses are remarkable creatures. Marcellus, a resident of the Sowell Bay Aquarium, wouldn't disagree. With his extraordinary abilities, he quickly figured out how to extricate himself from his tank to snoop around the cafeteria—but he never would have considered lifting a tentacle to help the limited humans around him. Until the day Tova, a maintenance worker, saves him from a sticky situation... Tova seems different, perhaps because the mysterious disappearance of her son Erik thirty years earlier has made her more receptive to the misfortune of others. For her, Marcellus is willing to stoop to the level of bipeds and divines what happened the night Erik disappeared. He must then use all the ingenuity of his nine brains to reveal the truth before it is too late. [source publisher]

Author: Shelby Van Pelt

Publisher: Ecco

Released Date: 2022

ISBN: 9780063254480