Burning the Raven Tree

"Burning the Raven Tree is a vivid, clever blend of folklore, myth, generational trauma, and the complicated bonds of family. Janyre Tromp pens pure poetry wrapped in small-town gothic drama, and it's a delight!"

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.

"I was riveted from page one. I have molded my fiction-loving heart to the pages of Burning the Raven Tree."

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