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After 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…
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Editions
10 editions · 2 languages- Hardcover · English · 2022Ecco · 368 pages · 9780063204157
- Paperback · English · 2022Ecco · 368 pages · 9780063254480
- Other · English · 2025Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 664 pages · 9781526694041
- Other · English · 2023Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781526649676
- Other · English · 2022HarperCollins Publishers · 9780063204171
- Other · English · 2022HarperCollins Publishers · 368 pages · 9780063204164
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