Witch Trial

<p><h3><b>**THE EXTRAORDINARY NEW THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF<i> BLOOD ORANGE, </i>AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**</b></h3><br><br>'Audacious, mind-bending, and brilliant. I couldn't read it fast enough!' <b>LISA JEWELL</b><br>'Deliciously twisted...and what an ending! Genius!'<b> CLAIRE DOUGLAS</b><br>'Daring, different, clever and compulsive' <b>ANDREA MARA</b><br>'Grips like a vice . . . An utter masterpiece' <b>SOPHIE HANNAH</b><br><br><b>Two teenage girls. One murdered classmate.</b><br><b>And a modern-day witch trial that will divide the nation.<br></b> <br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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 everythin the motives, the evidence, even his own judgement. <br><br>Who's telling the truth? Who can be trusted? <br>And what really happened to Christian Shaw? <br><br><b>Let the Witch Trial begin . . .</b><br><br><b>PRAISE FOR <i>WITCH TRIAL</i></b><b>:</b><br>'Dark, wry and slippery underfoot, I adored it!' <b>SARAH PINBOROUGH</b><br>'The best thing I've read this year. An absolute triumph of a book.' <b>ABIR MUKHERJEE</b><br>'Brilliantly clever and utterly addictive, I loved it.' <b>CLARE LESLIE HALL</b><br><b>'</b>Spell-binding, a Russian doll of a thriller infused with cunning and dread.' <b>ABIGAIL DEAN</b><br>'This mind-melting page-turner is Tyce at her whip-smart best.' <b>ELLERY LLOYD</b><br>'A swirling miasma of meaning and counter-meaning.' <b>CHRIS BROOKMYRE</b><br>'Compulsive reading... I was totally immersed'<b> ARAMINTA HALL<br></b>'A brilliant and twisting new novel from Harriet Tyce. I flew through it.' <b>L.V. MATTHEWS</b><br>'Deliciously chilling and like nothing I've ever read. I ate this up.' <b>CHRIS BRIDGES</b><br>'Spellbinding and sinister. A masterclass in plotting and pace.' <b>KATE GRAY</b><br>'Never have I said "Oh My God" out loud at the end of a book and meant it more.' <b>RACHEL WOLF</b><br>'Clever, propulsive, with a wickedly satisfying twist. My favourite Tyce book yet.' <b>C.E. HULSE</b><br>'The absolute master of the legal thriller with a twist!' <b>G.D. WRIGHT</b><br>'Delves deeply into the perceptions of female cunning. Brilliant.' <b>HEATHER CRITCHLOW</b><br>'Intense, terrifying, and utterly addictive, with a devilish twist in its tail.' <b>GILLY MACMILLAN</b><br>'One of the best endings I've ever read.' <b>NICKY MACKAY</b><br>'Unrelentingly brilliant.' <b>FEMI KAYODE</b><br>'Tense, creepy and very, very clever with a genuine jaw drop of an ending.' <b>SUSI HOLLIDAY</b><br><br><b>MORE PRAISE FOR HARRIET TYCE:</b><br>'A classy thriller with complex and compelling characters' <b>CLARE MACKINTOSH</b><br>'Nothing short of unputdownable' <b>ALEX MICHAELIDES</b><br>'A shocking, provocative, standout thriller' <b>CHRIS WHITAKER</b><br>'Left me breathless' <b>LUCY CLARKE</b><br>'Delicious and addictive - a perfectly crafted treat!' <b>LOUISE CANDLISH</b><br>'In the very top tier of psychological thrillers' <b>M. W. CRAVEN</b><br>'Perfect plotting, utterly brilliant'<b> B. A. PARIS</b></p>