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Witch Trial: THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND MOST SHOCKING THRILLER OF 2026, FROM THE MILLION-COPY SELLING AUTHOR

Harriet Tyce

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- BookHub
- Paper Plus
- The Nile
- The Warehouse
- Unity Books
- Whitcoulls

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 . . .

Praise for Witch Trial: THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND MOST SHOCKING THRILLER OF 2026, FROM THE MILLION-COPY SELLING AUTHOR

Audacious, mind-bending, and brilliant. I couldn't read it fast enough! - Lisa JewellHarriet Tyce's best book yet. Gripping, original and so very clever. Genius. I loved it! - Claire DouglasDaring, different, clever and compulsive, a truly original novel. Delicious. - Andrea MaraAbsolutely superb - grips like a vice throughout . . . [an] utter masterpiece of the murder mystery and the legal thriller genre. - Sophie HannahMight be Harriet's most intriguing novel yet. Characterisation is nonpareil, as is the impeccable plotting. - Financial TimesIn Witch Trial, Tyce is back to what she does best: the magic of unreliable narrators, obsession, dysfunctional relationships, imbalances of power and high-stakes tension...a masterclass. - The HeraldHarriet Tyce delivers a story that is all too believeable. - Daily Mail

Harriet Tyce

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