The Crow Tree
Will be published approx. on 22. October 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
412 pages
978-1-0367-0998-3 (ISBN)
Description
Deep in the forest stands a cottage. A witch once lived there, or so they say.
Hazel and her daughter Lily move to Blackmoss Cottage to escape a recent tragedy. At first the house feels like the perfect place to rebuild their lives. But appearances can be deceptive. In the surrounding villages, old superstitions still thrive. People whisper of covens gathering beneath the moonlit trees, and hang sprigs of rowan in their windows to ward off the Witch of Blackmoss Cottage.
Hazel and Lily carry secrets of their own, shadows from the past that refuse to stay buried. And on the hill above the cottage rises the Crow Tree, where a witch was once burned alive.
Lily doesn't believe in magic, yet like the crows that circle its twisted branches, she is drawn to the tree. Locals say something lives inside its hollow trunk. What if the tales are true? What if the tree holds the key to her family's darkest secret?
The Crow Tree is a standalone supernatural thriller in The Devil's Ledger series, perfect for fans of witchcraft legends, folklore horror, cursed families, and gothic suspense.
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Praise for The Devil's Ledger series:
? ? ? ? ? A very intense journey!
? ? ? ? ? This one hit me hard. ... and then BAM the twist..... wow. I loved it.
? ? ? ? ? Witches, magic, murder what more can I say?
? ? ? ? ? Spooky and twisted!
? ? ? ? ? Proper horror, the way it's meant to be, loved every sinister second.
Hazel and her daughter Lily move to Blackmoss Cottage to escape a recent tragedy. At first the house feels like the perfect place to rebuild their lives. But appearances can be deceptive. In the surrounding villages, old superstitions still thrive. People whisper of covens gathering beneath the moonlit trees, and hang sprigs of rowan in their windows to ward off the Witch of Blackmoss Cottage.
Hazel and Lily carry secrets of their own, shadows from the past that refuse to stay buried. And on the hill above the cottage rises the Crow Tree, where a witch was once burned alive.
Lily doesn't believe in magic, yet like the crows that circle its twisted branches, she is drawn to the tree. Locals say something lives inside its hollow trunk. What if the tales are true? What if the tree holds the key to her family's darkest secret?
The Crow Tree is a standalone supernatural thriller in The Devil's Ledger series, perfect for fans of witchcraft legends, folklore horror, cursed families, and gothic suspense.
___________________________________________________________________
Praise for The Devil's Ledger series:
? ? ? ? ? A very intense journey!
? ? ? ? ? This one hit me hard. ... and then BAM the twist..... wow. I loved it.
? ? ? ? ? Witches, magic, murder what more can I say?
? ? ? ? ? Spooky and twisted!
? ? ? ? ? Proper horror, the way it's meant to be, loved every sinister second.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
250 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0367-0998-3 (9781036709983)
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Ben Cheetham is an award-winning writer with a passion for horror and crime fiction. His novels have been widely published around the world. In 2011 he self-published Blood Guilt. The novel went on to reach no.2 in the national eBook download chart, selling well over 150000 copies. In 2012 it was picked up for publication by Head of Zeus. Since then, Head of Zeus has published three more of Ben's novels - Angel of Death, Justice for the Damned and Spider's Web. In 2016 his novel The Lost Ones was published by Thomas & Mercer. Ben lives in Sheffield, England, where he spends most of his time shut away in his study racking his brain for the next paragraph, the next sentence, the next word...