Newes of Witches

From the author of &i>The Specimens&/i> comes a gripping tale of suspicion and sacrifice in 17th-century Scotland, where a midwife must fight to save a girl accused of witchcraft before fear tears the village apart.

<p><b>From the bestselling author of Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month <i>The Specimens</i> comes a new historic novel set during the Scottish witch trials filled with confessions and betrayal.</b><br><br>Rural Scotland, 1629. Amidst the bogs and corn fields, children are going missing, and others seem to have fallen under a malevolent spell. When a young serving girl is imprisoned on suspicion of witchcraft, it falls on healer and midwife Catrìona to uncover the truth behind the matter.<br><br>However, investigation only raises more questions, and soon a violent truth comes to light which threatens to upend local life. As tensions in the community reach a fever pitch, allegiances shift, lives unravel, and Catrìona struggles to save the life of an innocent girl. But in a village gripped by fear and paranoia, this may demand the greatest sacrifice of all.</p>