A survivor accused of a decade-old grisly murder.
A disgraced lawyer with everything to prove.
And the only witness has stood watch for more than a millennium.
Northern Michigan is a land of ghosts and sweeping vistas. In a small town, an ancient oak stands heavy with grief, its twisted limbs hung with shoes like eerie gravestones.
The town whispers about Colwyn Cueny—the child murderer, the woman who sees specters in the woods and locked her own sister away. The curse of the ancient forest witch carved into flesh and bone.
But when embattled Chicago attorney Marcus Lenarsic arrives to board with her, he doesn’t find a monster. He finds a haunted woman, bound by secrets and buried beneath a decade of fear.
Marcus knows justice doesn’t live in shadows, and the stories people tell often hide the dark reality they can’t bear to face. In a world shifting under the weight of 1960s justice reform, Marcus must untangle truth from legend before the woman he’s come to love becomes the next ghost in the trees.
Burning the Raven Tree is a gothic historical thriller of myths come to life, justice, and memory—perfect for fans of Kate Morton, William Kent Krueger, and the classic film Rebecca.
Great for readers looking for:
A disgraced lawyer with everything to prove.
And the only witness has stood watch for more than a millennium.
Northern Michigan is a land of ghosts and sweeping vistas. In a small town, an ancient oak stands heavy with grief, its twisted limbs hung with shoes like eerie gravestones.
The town whispers about Colwyn Cueny—the child murderer, the woman who sees specters in the woods and locked her own sister away. The curse of the ancient forest witch carved into flesh and bone.
But when embattled Chicago attorney Marcus Lenarsic arrives to board with her, he doesn’t find a monster. He finds a haunted woman, bound by secrets and buried beneath a decade of fear.
Marcus knows justice doesn’t live in shadows, and the stories people tell often hide the dark reality they can’t bear to face. In a world shifting under the weight of 1960s justice reform, Marcus must untangle truth from legend before the woman he’s come to love becomes the next ghost in the trees.
Burning the Raven Tree is a gothic historical thriller of myths come to life, justice, and memory—perfect for fans of Kate Morton, William Kent Krueger, and the classic film Rebecca.
Great for readers looking for:
- Cold case mystery
A touch of magical realism
Psychological suspense
Eerie atmospheric mystery
Slavic Myth and folklore (including the Baba Yaga)
Book Clubs will love talking about the themes of:- Unreliable memory
1960s family justice reform
Family secrets
Twisted family dynamics
Genre: Mystery
- Unreliable memory