【水族館夜未眠，章魚哥直面孤獨解謎失蹤案】 北太平洋巨型章魚馬塞勒斯獲救後被安置在索威爾水族館，經過一千兩百九十九天，仍堅持寫作受俘日記。孀居的夜班銀髮清潔員托娃愛和海洋生物說話，多次「拯救」逃出水族箱的馬塞勒斯。卅年前，托娃的十八歲兒子出海時失蹤，在她心中留下無法撫平的傷痛。新進員工卡麥隆的加入，加上章魚哥馬塞勒斯的抽絲剝繭，讓當年失蹤事件的真相浮出水面。 After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. 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. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late. Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.