'An oppressive, forensic, psychological thriller: J.K. Rowling meets Antony Beev
or, Stephen King and Marina Warner ...Schiff's writing is to die for' THE TIMES
It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a ministe
r's niece started to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but n
ot before panic had infected the entire colony, nineteen men and women had been
hanged, and a band of adolescent girls had brought Massachusetts to its knees.
