Tense, creepy and very, very clever with a genuine jaw-drop of an ending.

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Harriet Tyce is the million-copy, Sunday Times bestselling author of four novels. She grew up in Edinburgh and studied English at Oxford University before doing a law conversion course at City University. After practising as a criminal barrister in London for nearly a decade, she subsequently completed an MA in Creative Writing - Crime Fiction at the University of East Anglia. Her rst novel, Blood Orange, published in 2019 to huge critical acclaim and she has since written multiple Sunday Times bestsellers. Witch Trial is her fth novel.

In 2026, Harriet was a contestant on series 4 of The Traitors. She lives in North London and can be found on Instagram @Harriet_tyce and on Facebook @harriettyceauthor.

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**TWO TEENAGE GIRLS. ONE MURDERED CLASSMATE.
**AND A MODERN-DAY WITCH TRIAL THAT WILL DIVIDE THE NATION . . .

'Mind-bending and brilliant' LISA JEWELL
'Deliciously twisted. . . Genius' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'An utter masterpiece' **SOPHIE HANNAH
**'Impeccable plotting' FINANCIAL TIMES

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 their trial begins and headlines scream for justice, rumours of bullying spiral into something darker: whispers of rituals, obsession, and a teenage pact gone wrong.

But then the girls take the stand - revealing a chilling defence no one saw coming - and the jury must question everything: the motives, the evidence, even their own judgement.

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

**Let the Witch Trial begin . . .
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YOU NEED TO READ IT TO BELIEVE IT.

'The bestselling author turned The Traitors star builds a tense, unsettling thriller' The i Paper
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'**I have never read a book like it. Exceptional' ⭐****⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ R****eader review

'Mind-bending and brilliant. I couldn't read it fast enough!' LISA JEWELL

'Gripping, original and so very clever. . . And what an ending! Genius. . .' CLAIRE DOUGLAS

'Daring, different, clever and compulsive, a truly original novel' **ANDREA MARA
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'Grips like a vice . . . An utter masterpiece' **SOPHIE HANNAH
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'Such a gripping book with twist after twist' ⭐****⭐ ⭐ ⭐ **⭐ R****eader review
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'Dark, wry and slippery, I adored it' **SARAH PINBOROUGH
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'The best thing I've read this year. An absolute triumph' **ABIR MUKHERJEE
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'Brilliantly clever and utterly addictive' **CLARE LESLIE HALL
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'A mind-melting page-turner' **ELLERY LLOYD

**'I promise you won't see the ending coming' ⭐****⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ R****eader review

'A tour de force' B.A. PARIS

'A swirling miasma of meaning and counter-meaning' **CHRIS BROOKMYRE
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'Compulsive reading . . . I was totally immersed' **ARAMINTA HALL

**'Brilliant and twisting. I flew through it' **L.V. MATTHEWS

'**Genuinely jaw-dropping' ⭐****⭐ ⭐ ⭐ **⭐ R****eader review
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'Like nothing I've ever read . . . I ate this up' **CHRIS BRIDGES
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'Spellbinding and sinister. A masterclass in plotting' **KATE GRAY
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'A riveting, rip-roaring ride. Simply brilliant' **THE SECRET BARRISTER

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