Witch Trial

**THE EXTRAORDINARY NEW THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BLOOD ORANGE, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**

'Audacious, mind-bending, and brilliant. I couldn't read it fast enough!' LISA JEWELL
'Deliciously twisted...and what an ending! Genius!' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'Daring, different, clever and compulsive' ANDREA MARA
'Grips like a vice . . . An utter masterpiece' SOPHIE HANNAH

Two teenage girls. One murdered classmate.
And a modern-day witch trial that will divide the nation.

When 18-year-old Christian Shaw is found dead in an Edinburgh park, the city reels - and the shock only deepens when police charge her best friends, Eliza Lawson and Isobel Smyth, with her murder.

As social media explodes and headlines scream for justice, rumours of bullying spiral into something darker: whispers of rituals, obsession, and a teenage pact gone wrong.

Matthew Phillips, a respected heart surgeon, is reluctantly called for jury duty on the case. But as the trial unfolds - and the girls reveal a chilling defence no one saw coming - he begins to question everything: the motives, the evidence, even his own judgement.

Who's telling the truth? Who can be trusted?
And what really happened to Christian Shaw?

Let the Witch Trial begin . . .

PRAISE FOR WITCH TRIAL:
'Dark, wry and slippery underfoot, I adored it!' SARAH PINBOROUGH
'The best thing I've read this year. An absolute triumph of a book.' ABIR MUKHERJEE
'Brilliantly clever and utterly addictive, I loved it.' CLARE LESLIE HALL
'This mind-melting page-turner is Tyce at her whip-smart best.' ELLERY LLOYD
'A swirling miasma of meaning and counter-meaning.' CHRIS BROOKMYRE
'Compulsive reading... I was totally immersed' ARAMINTA HALL
'A brilliant and twisting new novel from Harriet Tyce. I flew through it.' L.V. MATTHEWS
'Deliciously chilling and like nothing I've ever read. I ate this up.' CHRIS BRIDGES
'Spellbinding and sinister. A masterclass in plotting and pace.' KATE GRAY
'Never have I said "Oh My God" out loud at the end of a book and meant it more.' RACHEL WOLF
'Clever, propulsive, with a wickedly satisfying twist. My favourite Tyce book yet.' C.E. HULSE
'The absolute master of the legal thriller with a twist!' G.D. WRIGHT
'Delves deeply into the perceptions of female cunning. Brilliant.' HEATHER CRITCHLOW
'Intense, terrifying, and utterly addictive, with a devilish twist in its tail.' GILLY MACMILLAN
'One of the best endings I've ever read.' NICKY MACKAY
'Unrelentingly brilliant.' FEMI KAYODE
'Tense, creepy and very, very clever with a genuine jaw drop of an ending.' SUSI HOLLIDAY

MORE PRAISE FOR HARRIET TYCE:
'A classy thriller with complex and compelling characters' CLARE MACKINTOSH
'Nothing short of unputdownable' ALEX MICHAELIDES
'A shocking, provocative, standout thriller' CHRIS WHITAKER
'Left me breathless' LUCY CLARKE
'Delicious and addictive - a perfectly crafted treat!' LOUISE CANDLISH
'In the very top tier of psychological thrillers' M. W. CRAVEN
'Perfect plotting, utterly brilliant' B. A. PARIS