Witch Trial
Don't miss the most addictive and shocking new psychological thriller of 2026, an instant Sunday Times bestseller
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY SELLING AUTHOR
'Mind-bending and brilliant' LISA JEWELL
'What an ending. . . Genius' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'An utter masterpiece' SOPHIE HANNAH
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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 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
'So twisty and shocking' ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader review
'Mind-bending and brilliant. I couldn't read it fast enough!' LISA JEWELL
'Gripping and clever. . . And what an ending! Genius. . .' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'Daring, different, clever and compulsive, truly original' ANDREA MARA
'Impeccable plotting' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Grips like a vice . . . An utter masterpiece' SOPHIE HANNAH
'I could not put it down' ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader review
'Dark and slippery, I adored it' SARAH PINBOROUGH
'The best thing I've read this year. An absolute triumph' ABIR MUKHERJEE
'Brilliantly clever and utterly addictive' CLARE LESLIE HALL
'A spellbinding, Russian doll of a thriller' ABIGAIL DEAN
'A mind-melting page-turner' ELLERY LLOYD
'I promise you won't see the ending coming' ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader review
'A tour de force' B.A. PARIS
'A swirling miasma of meaning and counter-meaning' CHRIS BROOKMYRE
'I loved it! What an ending. . . ' ELLY GRIFFITHS
'Compulsive reading . . . I was totally immersed' ARAMINTA HALL
'This book got fully under my skin. I loved it' JENNIE GODFREY
'Genuinely jaw-dropping' ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader review
**Harriet Tyce's WITCH TRIAL was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2nd March 2026**
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Scottish teens stand trial for murder in this unconventional legal thriller from British novelist Tyce (A Lesson in Cruelty). Matthew Phillips could easily dodge jury duty given his job as a transplant surgeon or the vacation his wife has planned, but his work is stressful and his marriage is strained, so he sees it as a "welcome break" when he's empaneled for a trial in Edinburgh's High Court. The prosecution alleges that self-avowed witches Eliza Lawson and Isobel Smyth triggered a fatal heart attack in fellow boarding school student Christian Shaw by telling her she was going to die. The girls claim they weren't threatening Christian, but passing on a message from the devil—a notion at which man of science Matthew scoffs. As the trial progresses, however, he starts having visions that make him question his beliefs. Tyce spends most of the tale developing Matthew's deluded, increasingly unhinged first-person narration, but she adds texture and depth by occasionally opening a window into testifying witnesses' thoughts. End matter comprising letters, medical reports, and assorted ephemera sheds light on all that came before. It's a wild ride.
