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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

The Witch of Blackbird Pond
  • Author(s): Elizabeth George Speare
  • Location(s): Connecticut
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 17th century

Sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of...

The Witch’s List

The Witch’s List
  • Author(s): Andrew Cairns
  • Location(s): France, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire), Scotland
  • Genre(s): Horror, Mystery, Young Adult
  • Era(s): 80s to present day

Sandy Beech doesn’t believe in witches and the supernatural. However, certain strange events occur which put his scepticism to the test: a burning book, a falling crucifix, a mysterious illness, and a fire in a convent which kills all...

The Witch’s Mouth

The Witch’s Mouth
  • Author(s): Sacha Naspini, Clarissa Botsford (Translator)
  • Location(s): California, Maremma, Tuscany
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1970s

The incredible story of a war between gangs of tomb raiders, from Maremma to California Many of the Etruscan artifacts now exhibited in the world’s most prestigious galleries have a story. This one, for example… Tuscany, 1972. Bardo is...

The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town

The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town
  • Author(s): Amos Tutuola
  • Location(s): Nigeria
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

After four years of marriage, the brave hunter of the Rocky Town and his beautiful wife, Lola, are still without a child. Equipped with juju, sharpened machete, bow and poisonous arrows, flints and thunderbolts, he sets off in search...

The Witches

The Witches
  • Author(s): Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (illustrator)
  • Location(s): Bournemouth, Norway
  • Genre(s): Children, Fantasy
  • Era(s): 1980s

This is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches. Real witches don’t ride around on broomsticks. They don’t even wear black cloaks and hats. They are vile, cunning, detestable creatures who disguise themselves as nice, ordinary ladies. So...

The Witches of Cambridge

The Witches of Cambridge
  • Author(s): Alice Hoffman
  • Location(s): Cambridge (Massachusetts)
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Magical Realism
  • Era(s): 1950’s

The brand-new series from the bestselling author of Practical Magic, following two brilliant young women in 1950s Cambridge, Massachusetts, as they become immersed in a mysterious secret group of witches at Radcliffe known as the Lilith Society. Once upon...

The Witches of St. Petersburg

The Witches of St. Petersburg
  • Author(s): Imogen Edwards Jones
  • Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

The Russian Empire is on the verge of collapse. Revolution is in the air. The starving stalk the streets of St Petersburg and yet the Imperial Court still commute between their estates and organise their lavish balls. Two sisters...

The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour
  • Author(s): Anne Rice
  • Location(s): Louisiana
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Horror

On the veranda of a great New Orleans house, now faded, a mute and fragile woman sits rocking. And the witching hour begins… Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes...

The Witching Stone

The Witching Stone
  • Author(s): Danny Weston
  • Location(s): Lancashire
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

Beneath this stone lie the remains of Meg Shelton, alleged witch of Woodplumpton, buried in 1705. After a messy breakup with his girlfriend, Alfie needs to get away for a while – so he decides to spend the summer...

The Wives

The Wives
  • Author(s): Lauren Weisberger
  • Location(s): Greenwich CT
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Perfect marriages. Perfect neighbours. Perfect lies. Everyone is guarding a secret in this picture-perfect town. When Karolina Hartwell is arrested driving her son home, the headlines don’t tell the full story. It seems nothing will stand in the way...

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