When Devils Sing - Xan Kaur

Category: Horror, Mystery, Teen & Young Adult
Language: English
Keywords: Gothic Paranormal Southern USA YA

Written by Xan Kaur
Read by Michael Crouch, Anjali Kunapaneni, Jennifer Pickens, Landon Woodson
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

Four unlikely allies in a small town investigate a local teen’s disappearance, and what they discover festering at the core of their community is far more sinister and ancient than they could’ve ever imagined.

When Dawson Sumter goes missing, all he leaves behind is a smattering of blood in room 4 of the debt-ridden motel owned by Neera Singh’s family. Disappearances like this aren’t uncommon in the rural Georgia town of Carrion, especially every thirteen years when a periodical cicada brood returns from underground, shrieking their deafening screams.

For Neera, Dawson is another reminder that in this corner of the South, the rich only get richer, and the poor—well, nothing good comes their way.

Neera sets out to investigate Dawson’s whereabouts—if he even still lives—along with three other teens: Isaiah, son of a prominent judge and clandestine true crime podcaster; Reid, son of the wealthiest man in the region; and Sam, estranged daughter of the local hitman. As they find themselves entangled in a messy web of secrets and lies, they discover the riches of the adjacent Lake Clearwater community may have a terrifying source of power dating back to the town’s founding and an ancient urban legend about three devils, each more sinister than the next.

Macmillan Audio, May 2025
12 hours and 29 minutes