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Directed by Olivia Newman, this mystery thriller is an adaptation of the novel by Delia Owens. It follows Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a young woman who practically raised herself within the North Carolina marshlands after being abandoned there by her mother when she was a little girl. She feels detached from the small-town community near the dangerous marshes until two men show interest in her. However, when one of them later dies, she becomes the town’s prime suspect. Co-starring Harris Dickinson, Garret Dillahunt, and David Strathairn.