How far would you go to save yourself when the truth can’t set you free?

Scotland, 1589.

Besse Craw is a young mother whose husband has mysteriously vanished. And in a time when women were powerless, she is accused of witchcraft, abused by her employer, and destined to lose her daughter, her freedom and her life.

Set during the infamous North Berwick Witch Trials, that saw many persecuted, tortured and killed, Besse uncovers long-held secrets as she fights for justice and truth in a world of suspicion and lies.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• October 1589
  • Prologue
  • Husband of Mine
  • Deadly Nightshade
  • A Visit from My Mother
  • The Butcher’s Boy
  • The Changeling
  • St Andrew’s Auld Kirk
  • Acheson’s Haven
  • From Wicked Men’s Mouths
  • A Boy
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes
  • Beneath the Trees
  • Secrets and Lies
  • Tolbooth Prison
  • Mind’s Eye
  • Hard Labour
• February 1590
  • Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch
  • A Girl
  • The Hanged Man
  • A Rat Without a Tail
  • Trial
  • Holyrood House
  • The Innkeeper’s Daughter
  • Down the Hole
  • A Burning in the North
  • Sacrificial Lamb
  • Ripe as a Plum, Soft as a Peach
  • Honesty
  • The Beating of the Drums
  • A Good Time to Die
  • The Breakwater
  • Mercy
  • A Wise Father Knows His Own Daughter
  • Truth
  • Justice
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgments