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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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    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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    Praise for Witch Trial

    • Absolutely superb - grips like a vice throughout . An utter masterpiece. - Sophie Hannah

    • This witchy, mind-melting page-turner is Tyce at her whip-smart best. - Ellery Lloyd

    • Dark, wry, and slippery underfoot, I adored it! - Sarah Pinborough

    • Deliciously chilling and like nothing I've ever read. Cancel all plans because this book is going to grab you by the throat and not let go. - Chris Bridges

    • Absolutely superb - grips like a vice throughout. An utter masterpiece of the murder mystery and the legal thriller genre. - Sophie Hannah

    • Best thing I've read this year. Supremely plotted, elegantly written - an absolute triumph of a book that takes the legal thriller to new heights. - Abir Mukherjee

    • A brilliant and twisting new novel from Harriet Tyce. I flew through it. - L.V. Matthews

    • Clever, propulsive, with a wickedly satisfying twist. My favourite Tyce book yet. - C.E. Hulse

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    Harriet Tyce

    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 ?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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