Description

Sawkill Girls meets The Hazel Wood in this lush and eerie debut, where the boundary between reality and nightmares is as thin as the veil between the living and the dead. 

If I could have a fiddle made of Daddy’s bones, I’d play it. I’d learn all the secrets he kept.

Shady Grove inherited her father’s ability to call ghosts from the grave with his fiddle, but in this haunting Southern Gothic, she also knows the fiddle’s tunes bring nothing but trouble and darkness.

But when her brother is accused of murder, she can’t let the dead keep their secrets.

In order to clear his name, she’s going to have to make those ghosts sing.

Family secrets, a gorgeously resonant LGBTQ love triangle, and a supernatural murder mystery make this young adult fantasy debut a haunting and hopeful story about facing everything that haunts us in the dark.

But what other secrets will come to light when the dead begin to speak?

A Haunting Ghost Story: Shady Grove can make ghosts sing with her father’s fiddle, but she’ll have to confront the darkness that comes with them to uncover the truth. Bisexual Love Triangle: Torn between her feelings for her bandmate Sarah and the charming musician Cedar, Shady must navigate a complicated romance while her world unravels. Music and Magic: Steeped in the world of Appalachian ballads and bluegrass, the music is more than just a soundtrack—it’s the key that unlocks the door to the dead. High-Stakes Mystery: With her brother’s life on the line, Shady will risk everything—her heart, her life, and even her soul—to make the dead reveal the real killer’s name.