Overview

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 . . .

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'A legal thriller unlike any you've ever read, this witchy, mind-melting page-turner is Tyce at her whip-smart best.' * Ellery Lloyd * 'Witch Trial is like the lovechild of Alfred Hitchcock and The Crucible. Dark, wry, and slippery underfoot, I adored it!' * Sarah Pinborough * 'Clever, propulsive, with a wickedly satisfying twist. Excellent. My favourite Tyce book yet.' * C.E. Hulse * At first sight a legal thriller, Witch Trial is multi-layered and subtle, delving deeply into the intricacies of the relationships between teenage girls and perceptions of female cunning. We are plunged into a world where nothing is as it seems. Brilliant. * Heather Critchlow *

A legal thriller unlike any you've ever read, this witchy, mind-melting page-turner is Tyce at her whip-smart best. * Ellery Lloyd * Absolutely superb - grips like a vice throughout and has a perfect, bold ending that no one will see coming. An utter masterpiece of the murder mystery and the legal thriller genre. * Sophie Hannah * Witch Trial is like the lovechild of Alfred Hitchcock and The Crucible. Dark, wry, and slippery underfoot, I adored it! * Sarah Pinborough * Harriet Tyce is a master storyteller unafraid to tackle difficult themes. Supremely plotted, elegantly written and with an ending that will shake you up! An absolute triumph of a book that takes the legal thriller to new heights and which will stay with you for a long time after you've finished it. Best thing I've read this year. * Abir Mukherjee * Give me witchcraft, a mind spiralling into madness, and questionable narrators any day - just my cup of tea. A brilliant and twisting new novel from Harriet Tyce. I flew through it. * L.V. Matthews * Cancel all plans because this book is going to grab you by the throat and not let go till you turn the final page. It's a startlingly original courtroom drama story, and a psychologically astute depiction of a man in freefall. Deliciously chilling and like nothing I've ever read. I ate this up. * Chris Bridges * Clever, propulsive, with a wickedly satisfying twist. Excellent. My favourite Tyce book yet. * C.E. Hulse * At first sight a legal thriller, Witch Trial is multi-layered and subtle, delving deeply into the intricacies of the relationships between teenage girls and perceptions of female cunning. We are plunged into a world where nothing is as it seems. Brilliant. * Heather Critchlow * Harriet Tyce's masterful courtroom drama is intense, terrifying, and utterly addictive, with a devilish twist in its tail. * Gilly Macmillan * Totally original and impossible to put down, Harriet Tyce has shown once again that she is the absolute master of the legal thriller with a twist . . . Brilliant! * G. D. Wright * I loved this clever book...stunningly written and this may be one of the best endings I've read. Despite being a deliciously dark read, I found myself chuckling in places. Harriet's best book yet! * Nicky Mackay * Give me witchcraft, a mind spiralling into madness, and questionable narrators any day - just my cup of tea. A brilliant and twisting new novel from Harriet Tyce. I flew through it. * L.V. Matthews * I read WITCH TRIAL then I read it again. Compelling, perfectly drawn characters, twisty, and never have I said ""Oh My God"" out loud at the end of a book and meant it more. * Rachel Wolf * I read Witch Trial, then I read it again. Compelling, perfectly drawn characters, twisty, and never have I said Oh My God out loud at the end of a book and meant it more.' * Rachael Blok *

Author Information

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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