Witch Trial

Author: Tyce, Harriet

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 26 February 2026 by Headline Publishing Group (Wildfire) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 400 pages
242 x 164 x 37 | 618g

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 TIMESWhen 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 . . .

YOU NEED TO READ IT TO BELIEVE IT.

'I have never read a book like it. Exceptional' ?? ? ? ? Reader 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'Grips like a vice . . . An utter masterpiece' SOPHIE HANNAH'Such a gripping book with twist after twist' ?? ? ? ? Reader review'Dark, wry 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 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'Compulsive reading . . . I was totally immersed' ARAMINTA HALL'Brilliant and twisting. I flew through it' L.V. MATTHEWS'Genuinely jaw-dropping' ?? ? ? ? Reader review'Like nothing I've ever read . . . I ate this up' CHRIS BRIDGES'Spellbinding and sinister. A masterclass in plotting' KATE GRAY'A riveting, rip-roaring ride. Simply brilliant' THE SECRET BARRISTERMORE 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