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Newes of Witches

Mairi Kidd
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female-led narrative
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forthcoming
gothic suspense
gripping read
historical crime
historical drama
historical fiction
historical gothic
historical injustice
historical mystery
historical page-turner
historical Scotland
historical thriller
literary suspense
midwife heroine
missing children
moral dilemma
perfect for fans of Laura Purcell
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period fiction
psychological tension
rural Scotland
sacrifice
Scottish witch trials
small-town paranoia
strong female protagonist
supernatural undertones
trade fiction
village mystery
witchcraft accusation
women's historical fiction

Product details

  • ISBN 9781785309311
  • Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Aug 2026
  • Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

From the bestselling author of Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month The Specimens comes a new historic novel set during the Scottish witch trials filled with confessions and betrayal.

Rural Scotland, 1629. Amidst the bogs and oat 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 Mòrag to uncover the truth behind the matter.

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 Mòrag 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.
About Mairi Kidd
Mairi Kidd graduated with a First in Celtic Studies from the University of Edinburgh and has worked in books ever since. Her novel The Specimens - a retelling of the 1828 crimes of Burke and Hare - was Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month and the short stories from her collection We Are All Witches formed the basis for the award-winning 'Heal and Harrow' project. She lives by the sea in Edinburgh with her illustrator husband and their rescue cat.

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