The Last Witch on the Knock

A fierce and subversive Scottish debut about two women bound together by a centuries-long curse, inspired by a local legend about one of the last women killed for witchcraft.

‘Mesmeric from the first page. A twisting, haunting tale’ Lucy Steeds, author of THE ARTIST

‘A searing debut’ Sunday Times

‘Horrifying, enjoyable, wonderfully funny, mesmerising’ Irish Times

The Knock hill is a carcass unintelligible as any dream.

Wouldn’t you rather be a witch than a victim?
I didn’t realise those were my only options.

In need of a fresh start, Thomasin leaves her toxic boyfriend, absent father and empty friendships to spend the summer in the Scottish Highlands with her eccentric Aunt Agnes and stern little cousin, Nina. But amidst the sprawling fields and ragged hills thrums a secret that has cursed the land for generations.