The Widow's Orchard: A thriller about a missing girl, a buried secret, and a small town that never forgets.

By Daniel Parton

A Raven Creek Files Thriller

By Daniel Parton

A buried body. A rotting orchard. A town full of secrets.

When seventy-four-year-old Eleanor Reeves digs near her late husband's favorite apple tree, she doesn't expect to unearth a human ribcage. But what she finds in the soil will crack open a decades-old mystery-and ignite a firestorm in the small Appalachian town of Raven Creek.

Sheriff Cole Taggart reopens the cold case of Lacey Hart, a seventeen-year-old girl who vanished in 1989 and was quietly labeled a runaway. But the deeper Cole digs, the more he uncovers a legacy of silence, guilt, and betrayal reaching from the town's church steps to its courthouse-and back to Eleanor's front door.

As anonymous letters surface, barns burn, and a second suspect disappears, the orchard begins to speak in whispers no one can ignore. And when the truth finally rises from the roots, not everyone in Raven Creek will be ready to hear it.

A chilling, fast-paced small-town thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell, C.J. Tudor, and James Patterson.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FRNC6B3D
• ISBN13: 9798265972811
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"