Unsolicited Press Announces Black River by Yvonne Osborne, a Rural Michigan Noir Thriller

Unsolicited Press announces the publication of Black River, a literary-leaning suspense novel by Yvonne Osborne, available July 28, 2026. ineteen-year-old Boyd Sopal has the family farm in his blood and a future tied to his inherited line of work but lately a neighbor with a vendetta against the Sopals has been cutting fences and  spraying orange dust, impacting Sopal’s organic operation. As Boyd is drawn into the crosshairs of the feud between his father and the neighbor, the arrival of an itinerant family across the road further complicates his loyalties. Drawn to the enigmatic daughter, Maggie, Boyd finds himself caught in a dangerous collision of worlds.

When a violent confrontation between Maggie's protective brother and volatile father ends in a desperate act of bloodshed, Boyd is forced to make a harrowing choice. To protect the woman he loves and her traumatized brother, he consigns a dark secret to the fast-moving currents of the Black River.

But the river is an unpredictable witness. As the past threatens to surface, Boyd and Maggie must navigate a landscape of guilt, racial tension, and family legacy. From the rural farming district to the remote wilderness of the Upper Peninsula and the furthest reaches of Northern Ontario, they are pursued by the shadows of what they've done and the terrifying possibility that some secrets can never be truly washed away.

BLACK RIVER is a gripping tale of love, survival, and the heavy price of silence in a place where secrets flow as deep and dark as the water itself.

Yvonne Osborne lives with her husband on a fifth-generation family farm in Michigan’s Thumb, land first founded by her great-great-grandfather. A Pushcart-nominated poet and novelist, her work has appeared in Slippery Elm Literary Journal, Flapper Press, and Milkhouse Literary Magazine. Her debut novel, Let Evening Come, was published by Unsolicited Press on April 2, 2024, and became the press’s #1 bestseller of the year. Learn more at yvonneosborne.com.