{"product_id":"9781785309311","title":"Newes of Witches : When the hunt begins, the truth is lost...","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Mairi Kidd\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eThriller \/ suspense\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 13 August 2026 by Bonnier Books Ltd (Black and White Publishing) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e247 x 163 | 526g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRural 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57369982599543,"sku":"9781785309311","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781785309311.jpg?v=1786453269","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781785309311","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}