"Where the Crawdads Sing" is a 2018 coming-of-age murder mystery novel by Delia Owens, set in the marshlands of North Carolina. It tells the story of Kya, a girl who grows up isolated in the marsh and becomes a naturalist, while a parallel timeline follows the investigation of a local man's murder in the fictional coastal town of Barkley Cove, North Carolina
. The story was adapted into a film released in July 2022, directed by Olivia Newman and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kya. The film follows Kya's life in the North Carolina marshland and the murder investigation, capturing the setting's natural beauty and mystery
. Therefore, "Where the Crawdads Sing" is primarily set in the marshes and coastal areas of North Carolina, USA.
