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|title=Witch Hunt

|author=Syd Moore

|publisher=Avon

|date=October 2012

|summary=Sadie is enjoying writing a book about the Essex witch trials – but the timing could have been better. Her mother has just passed away, her head is a mess, there are noises in her house that she can’t really account for – and someone is sending her sinister messages. Are the witches really as far back in the past as Sadie believes?

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The history of witchcraft and the complexities of current social politics do not appear to be the easiest ingredients to blend smoothly into a novel. But Moore has achieved this, skilfully weaving the threads of the middle ages with the modern day. This achievement has also been mixed with some fascinating points about feminism, witchcraft and Essex stereotypes, all the while presenting them as the narrative of the protagonist, Sadie.