{"product_id":"witch-trial-a-novel","title":"Witch Trial: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“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, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNo One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Monogram Murders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A legal thriller unlike any you’ve ever read, this mind-melting page-turner is Tyce at her whip-smart best.”—Ellery Lloyd, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternationally bestselling author Harriet Tyce returns with a page-turning thriller involving three teenage girls, one murdered classmate, and a chilling modern-day witch trial that will leave readers breathless.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet the Witch Trial begin . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen eighteen-year-old Christian Shaw is found dead in a park, the city of Edinburgh is stunned—and the shock only deepens when police charge her best friends, Eliza Lawson and Isobel Smyth, with the murder. As social media explodes in a tizzy of theories and headlines scream for justice, rumors of bullying are overshadowed by something more wicked and frightening: whispers of dark rituals, feverish obsession, and a teenage pact gone wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the trial begins, everyone in Edinburgh clamors for a front-row ticket to the show: to look upon the murderous Eliza and Isobel with their own eyes. Everyone, that is, but Matthew Phillips, a respected heart surgeon picked for the jury. But, as the trial unfolds—and the girls’ lawyers offer a surprising and unsettling defense—the reluctant Matthew finds himself questioning everything: the motives, the evidence, even his own judgement. Then he begins to have strange visions of terrifying things—hallucinations he tells himself. After all, witchcraft isn’t real . . . or is it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho is telling the truth? Who can be trusted?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what really happened to Christian Shaw?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harriet Tyce","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55253584118051,"sku":"9780063492936","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780063492936.jpg?v=1781821112","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/witch-trial-a-novel","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}