Witch Hunt

Witch Hunt is the ninth Widdershins book. Unusually for Widdershins, it follows several groups of characters from previous books across several plot threads on the same day, ultimately ending with Mal accepting his role as the City Witch and Harry returning home after her disappearance at the end of Curtain Call. It introduces new reoccuring villain Pemberton Pryce and sets up the events of Sea Change.

Blurb
Where on Earth is Harry Barber?

After her part in saving the town of Widdershins, Harriet deserves a holiday... But this is definitely not what she had in mind. Trapped on the other side of the world and seemingly alone, she'll be forced to face the one enemy she is absolutely unprepared for: herself.

Back at home, Jack O'Malley the guardian and witch of Widdershins, has vanished- and that's the least of the town's incoming problems. Overeager investigators, rogue Americans and unexpected parental visits are all set to conclude in a chaotic collision. Can the witch be found before it's too late?

Characters

 * Jack O'Malley
 * The Purple Hippo of Happiness
 * Harriet Barber
 * Heinrich Wolfe
 * Benjamin Thackerey
 * Gren
 * Sidney Malik
 * Eliza Swift
 * Nyree
 * Kirti Malik
 * Rajeev Malik
 * Pemberton Pryce
 * Arpana Sherpa

Cameos / Minor Role

 * William Sharpe
 * Nicola Barber
 * Mayor Yasmin Rana
 * Vincent Knott
 * Florence de Montfort
 * Nora Fenton
 * Parsley (Eliza's cat)

Locations

 * The Island Anchor
 * H Barber Office
 * The Fiddler's Elbow pub
 * Nyree's house
 * Pryce co. Goods & Imports warehouse
 * Swift's Apothecary
 * Moorland around Widdershins
 * unnamed resturant
 * North Stallbridge Station
 * The Widdershins Anchor
 * Witch Space
 * Widdershins Town Hall
 * Widdershins Museum / The Witch House

Website
The post-book bonus content for Witch Hunt was 6 pieces of fanart by various artists.

Book
The print and PDF releases of Witch Hunt included 2 pages of Nyree going clothes shopping with the Barber sisters and trying on various outfits.

Release
Witch Hunt was released on a roughly twice a week schedule between September 20th 2019 and October 16th 2020.

The Kickstarter campaign for the print release ran from October 16th 2020 - November 15th 2020 and £19,608 was pledged by 686 backers. The rewards were bookplate sketches, copies of the books, or A5 sketches.

Easter Eggs

 * Will's classmates who attacked him in Hangman's Knot are at the graduation ceremony.
 * Also at the graduation ceremony is one of the students who was stuck in a mirror in the great hall during Curtain Call, and is later found unconscious at the Anchor. She's seen talking to someone in the gateway entrance.