MURDER OF CROWS

Teen sleuth Tig Torres of the popular Lethal Lit podcast returns to Hollow Falls, where another deadly mystery awaits.

Fresh off a summer in New York following the events of the Lit Killer case, Tig is ready to reunite with her friends Wyn and Max in Hollow Falls. Of course, Tig’s reputation soon draws her into another mystery when eccentric Mr. Green invites her to join the Murder of Crows, a secretive club full of older townsfolk obsessed with sprawling local history. At a club meeting, Mr. Wyatt (another odd elderly man) tasks Tig with completing The Hunt, a riddle-strewn search for the town founder’s body and, with it, a fabled treasure that numerous would-be adventurers throughout the area’s blood-drenched past have fixated upon. When Mr. Wyatt ends up dead, Tig realizes another killer is afoot. The deeper Tig and her friends dive into The Hunt and its numerous dangers, the more Tig uncovers about the Murder of Crows, the truth behind Hollow Falls’ Founder’s Day, and even her Abuela’s shocking role in The Hunt almost 50 years ago. This brisk, absorbing mystery is a tight (if sometimes clunky) ode to sinister small towns. References to Tig’s podcast—recapping events thus far—as well as a subplot involving her relationship with Wyn that gestures toward something beyond friendship, add more intriguing wrinkles to this tale. Fans will be aware that Tig is Cuban American; Wyn and Max read as White.

Gruesomely cool.