The Last Witch

Innsbruck, 1485. Helena is a wealthy young wife with a household to keep and children expected of her, until the family's footman is found dead and she is accused of his murder. Then comes a graver charge: witchcraft. Thrown into prison alongside six other women, she faces a witchfinder whose verdict could send her to the stake.

C. J. Cooke builds the dread on two fronts. Inside the cell, a cursed witch totem is smuggled in, and the women's desperate attempt to use it to escape unleashes a malevolent spirit that threatens every one of them. Outside waits the cold machinery of a witch trial. Helena must decide whether to stand up to her accuser, knowing the danger may lie as much beyond this world as within it. This is historical horror for readers who like their dark nights long and their candles burning low.