Where The Crawdads Sing

For years, whispers of the "Marsh Girl" have drifted through Barkley Cove, a quiet coastal town in North Carolina. So when Chase Andrews—popular, handsome and dead—is discovered in late 1969, suspicion quickly turns to Kya Clark. Wild and mysterious, Kya has lived alone for years in the marshlands just beyond town. But the girl the townspeople fear is not who they think.

Resilient, deeply observant and attuned to the rhythms of the wild, Kya has raised herself in solitude, finding companionship among the birds and wisdom in the tides. Yet as she grows older, loneliness begins to tug at her heart. When two young men from town take notice of her haunting beauty, Kya steps cautiously into a world she’s never known—until everything threatens to unravel.

Where the Crawdads Sing is a lyrical tribute to the natural world, a poignant story of isolation and resilience, and a gripping mystery wrapped in the untamed landscape of the Carolina coast. With compassion and suspense, Delia Owens explores how deeply we are shaped by the places we call home—and the secrets we carry within them.