A book of dark delights
The barrister-turned-novelist Harriet Tyce may be familiar to many for the intuitive genius she brought to the tantalising television series The Traitors.
Witch Trial by Harriet Tyce epitomises intelligence having fun: fiendishly plotted, relentlessly gripping and thoroughly mischievous, it is an unmitigated delight. Set in contemporary Edinburgh, the story revolves around the trial of Eliza Lawson and Isobel Smyth for the murder of their best friend, 18-year-old Christian Shaw. When the court clerk reads out their names, “there’s a ripple in the room, a gasp of recognition”. The case is already all over the press. And as the public clamour for justice increases, rumours of bullying shapeshift into whispers of witchcraft, shadowy rituals and all-out obsession.
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