A dark, original and compulsive legal thriller from the bestselling author of Blood Orange which revolves around the death of a teenager in an Edinburgh park and the trial of her two best friends charged with her murder.
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 . . .
Witch Trial is Harriet’s fifth novel. The Traitors fans will recognise her from series 4.
In conversation with Mandy Morton
