The mid-century summer was heavy, not only with the humid Appalachian air, but with the raw emotion of a stranger in their midst. The New Girl. The New Girl with the deeply coloured skin and the straight, shiny, ebony hair and the fat...

“Crawdads meets the Crawleys…Threaded through with a meticulously researched, well-crafted mystery, this is historical fiction at its best.” —Fiona Davis, nationally bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Ave...