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**

Praise

Audacious, mind-bending, and brilliant. I couldn’t read it fast enough!
Lisa Jewell

Harriet Tyce’s best book yet. Gripping, original and so very clever. I was captivated by this deliciously twisted thriller. And what an ending! Genius. I loved it!
Claire Douglas

Daring, different, clever and compulsive, a truly original novel. Delicious.
Andrea Mara

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

A legal thriller unlike any you’ve ever read, this witchy, mind-melting page-turner is Tyce at her whip-smart best.
Ellery Lloyd

Brilliantly clever and utterly addictive, I loved it. Courtroom drama at its finest.
Clare Leslie Hall

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

Wow. This courtroom drama is not just compulsive, it’s unsettling, creepy and clever, the combination leading to a brilliant finish. This book got fully under my skin. I loved it.
Jennie Godfrey

‘I loved it! What an ending. . . A tour-de-force‘
Elly Griffiths

Witch Trial is like the lovechild of Alfred Hitchcock and The Crucible. Dark, wry, and slippery underfoot, I adored it!
Sarah Pinborough

Tyce creates a swirling miasma of meaning and counter-meaning that keeps the reader enthralled and tantalised by horrific possibilities, and in its audacious final act, revealing layer beneath confounding layer, Witch Trial pays fitting tribute to the James Hogg classic that inspired it.
Chris Brookmyre

Spell-binding. A Russian doll of a thriller which is infused with cunning and dread. Harriet Tyce is so great at seeing the underbellies of life – of ambition, and justice, and being a teenage girl. This is her best.
Abigail Dean

Compulsive reading . . . I was totally immersed in the story. One of the best courtroom dramas I’ve read in a long time.
Araminta Hall

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

An unputdownable, twisty legal trial from the queen of the courtroom drama. Spellbinding and sinister. A masterclass in plotting and pace.
Kate Gray

So creepy and intriguing, like nothing I’ve ever read before. The writing just crackles with energy. . .like a fever dream, I was properly gripped. As for the ending, it was so clever, I actually laughed out loud in admiration. So so good.
Lucy Diamond

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