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Witch Trial

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND MOST SHOCKING THRILLER OF 2026, FROM THE MILLION-COPY SELLING AUTHOR
By Harriet Tyce
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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... Read More
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**THE INCREDIBLE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY SELLING AUTHOR**

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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 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 . . .

'Mind-bending and brilliant' LISA JEWELL
'Deliciously twisted. . . Genius' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'An utter masterpiece' SOPHIE HANNAH
'Impeccable plotting' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Daring, different, clever' ANDREA MARA
'Clever and utterly addictive' CLARE LESLIE HALL

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035411955

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wildfire

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

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 first novel, Blood Orange, published in 2019 to huge critical acclaim and she has since written multiple Sunday Times bestsellers. Witch Trial is her fifth 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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