The Last Witch

Innsbruck, 1485. Helena has a household to run and children expected of her, until the family's footman is found dead and she is accused of killing him. The charge soon becomes a graver one: witchcraft. Locked in a cell with 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 prison, a cursed witch totem is smuggled in, and the women's desperate plan to use it to escape unleashes a malevolent spirit. Outside, the cold machinery of the trial closes in. This is historical horror for readers who like their nights long and their candles burning low.