The forest of Pendle during the early seventeenth century: a wild, inaccessible corner of Lancashire where the ancient fear of demons and witches is still part of life – and death.
When several local people die in mysterious circumstances, Squire Roger Nowell dismisses talk of witchcraft as superstition. But soon a series of hideous desecrations take place, and there are unmistakable signs that a black coven is assembling to plot a campaign of evil and destruction…
This is one of my go to "comfort" books and his was the annual read of it! Margery Whittaker has gone to live with a distant cousin after the death of her mother, upon arriving from London she discovers that murder and witchcraft is what her cousin Roger is up against – she adds her wits to his and together they hope to find out what is happening and to try and stop it.
An interesting take on the Pendle Witch Trials.
Crafts and Life 
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