The White Octopus Hotel follows Anna, an art valuer, who is asked by an old man to value a strange ornamental white octopus as his dying wish.

As she investigates, she follows its trail to the wreck of a glamourous art deco hotel, once known for a collection of magical artefacts.

Anna manages to track down a key, but when she uses it, she is transported through time to the White Octopus Hotel as it was during its heyday in the 1930s and is caught up in a scavenger hunt. Here, Anna will find the key to unlocking her family's mysterious past, and a passionate love story with a young artist.

Effortlessly weaves mystery, romance, and a hint of magic into a captivating tapestry of love, tragedy, and time. * Cassandra Clare, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sword Catcher and The Shadowhunter Chronicles *
Beautiful and bittersweet . . . The convincing, emotional love story, lavish settings, and a wealth of spooky side characters make this sing. * Publishers' Weekly *
An exquisite, fantastical puzzle box of a novel in which love, art, and magic are inescapably bound up with the trauma of childhood loss and war. * Kelly Link, bestselling author of The Book of Love *
A delightful read for lovers of time-slip fiction, vintage aesthetics, and whimsical mysteries. * Library Journal *
The White Octopus Hotel is not like anything you’ve ever read before. It’s a completely fresh, brilliantly imaginative way of welcoming us, with all our fear, grief, and guilt, into a fabulous, unpredictable, enchanting world where love is the magic that transforms us all. * Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of Summer Light on Nantucket *
I may have cried while reading this in public. But that’s just proof of how good it is! * Crime Reads *

Alexandra Bell studied Law at university and signed her first book deal at nineteen. Since then, she has written multiple books for both adults and young people. She works at a legal advice charity and lives in Hampshire with her husband, sons, and Sphynx cats.