Where the Crawdads Sing

For many years in Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the coast of North Carolina, whispers surrounded the Marsh Girl.

And when, at the end of 1969, the body of Chase, the local playboy, was found, the townsfolk immediately suspected Kya Clark - the girl who had lived as a recluse in the marshes since early childhood.

Sensitive and intelligent, Kya truly called the marsh her home, and her friends were the marsh birds and animals. But then the time for growing up comes, and Kya discovers a whole different side of life, awakening a desire to love and be loved. And Kya eagerly immerses herself in this unknown new world - until the unthinkable happens.

The novel by the famous biologist Delia Owens is a true ode to nature, a tender coming-of-age story about solitude, about the connection between people, and whether people truly need each other at all.

At the same time, it is a dark, mysterious tale of murder, which may or may not have occurred.