Witch Trial
Don't miss the extraordinary brand new thriller from the Sunday Times, million-copy bestselling author, available to pre-order now!
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Witch Trial
Narrated by:
Angus King
Pre-order for $26.99
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Narrated by:
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Angus King
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Harriet Tyce
About this listen
'Audacious, mind-bending, and brilliant. I couldn't read it fast enough!' LISA JEWELL
'Deliciously twisted...and what an ending! Genius!' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'Daring, different, clever and compulsive' ANDREA MARA
'Grips like a vice . . . An utter masterpiece' SOPHIE HANNAH
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:
'Dark, wry and slippery underfoot, I adored it!' SARAH PINBOROUGH
'The best thing I've read this year. An absolute triumph of a book.' ABIR MUKHERJEE
'Brilliantly clever and utterly addictive, I loved it.' CLARE LESLIE HALL
'This mind-melting page-turner is Tyce at her whip-smart best.' ELLERY LLOYD
'A swirling miasma of meaning and counter-meaning.' CHRIS BROOKMYRE
'Compulsive reading... I was totally immersed' ARAMINTA HALL
'A brilliant and twisting new novel from Harriet Tyce. I flew through it.' L.V. MATTHEWS
'Deliciously chilling and like nothing I've ever read. I ate this up.' CHRIS BRIDGES
'Spellbinding and sinister. A masterclass in plotting and pace.' KATE GRAY
'Never have I said "Oh My God" out loud at the end of a book and meant it more.' RACHEL WOLF
'Clever, propulsive, with a wickedly satisfying twist. My favourite Tyce book yet.' C.E. HULSE
'The absolute master of the legal thriller with a twist!' G.D. WRIGHT
'Delves deeply into the perceptions of female cunning. Brilliant.' HEATHER CRITCHLOW
'Intense, terrifying, and utterly addictive, with a devilish twist in its tail.' GILLY MACMILLAN
'One of the best endings I've ever read.' NICKY MACKAY
'Unrelentingly brilliant.' FEMI KAYODE
'Tense, creepy and very, very clever with a genuine jaw drop of an ending.' SUSI HOLLIDAY
MORE 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
'Perfect plotting, utterly brilliant' B. A. PARIS©2026 Harriet Tyce
Critic Reviews
Audacious, mind-bending, and brilliant. I couldn't read it fast enough!
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!
Daring, different, clever and compulsive, a truly original novel. Delicious.
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.
A legal thriller unlike any you've ever read, this witchy, mind-melting page-turner is Tyce at her whip-smart best.
Brilliantly clever and utterly addictive, I loved it. Courtroom drama at its finest.
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.
Witch Trial is like the lovechild of Alfred Hitchcock and The Crucible. Dark, wry, and slippery underfoot, I adored it!
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.
Compulsive reading . . . I was totally immersed in the story. One of the best courtroom dramas I've read in a long time.
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.
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.
'An unputdownable, twisty legal trial from the queen of the courtroom drama. Spellbinding and sinister. A masterclass in plotting and pace.'
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.
Clever, propulsive, with a wickedly satisfying twist. Excellent. My favourite Tyce book yet.
Totally original and impossible to put down, Harriet Tyce has shown once again that she is the absolute master of the legal thriller with a twist . . . Brilliant!
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