Where the Crawdads Sing

For years in Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast, there were whispers about the Marsh Girl.

And when Chase, the local playboy, was found dead in late 1969, the townspeople immediately suspected Kya Clark – the girl who had lived as a recluse in the marsh since early childhood.

Sensitive and intelligent, Kya truly called the marsh her home and marsh birds and animals her friends. But then came the time for growing up, and Kya discovered a completely different side of life; a desire to love and be loved awakened within her. And Kya gladly plunged into this unknown new world – until the unthinkable happened.

The novel by acclaimed biologist Delia Owens is a true ode to nature, a tender story of growing up, of loneliness, of human connection, and of whether people even need each other.

And at the same time, it is a dark, mysterious story with a murder that may or may not have happened.