Close to Home

Close to Home is the eleventh and final Widdershins book. It looks like it's going to feature all the main characters from previous books. Kate has said it's going to around 160 pages. This make it longer than the average Widdershins book but shorter than Curtain Call. She's also mentioned it will have a similar multi-plot structure to Witch Hunt. It begins with a time-skip 4 years into the future, setting it in 1838, and is expected to be based around the coronation of Queen Victoria.

Plot Summary
4 years after the events of Sea Change, Pemberton Pryce waits on an observation platform built at the Fourth Anchor, watching for any sign of his missing daughter, Thea Pryce.

Back in Widdershins, Sidney Malik returns home from a visit to his parents, eager to propose marriage to Harriet Barber on their upcoming holiday. His attempts are interrupted however by the presence of Florence de Montfort, who is excited about the upcoming coronation of Queen Victoria which is to be held in Widdershins.

Characters

 * Pemberton Pryce
 * Sidney Malik
 * Harriet Barber
 * Florence de Montfort
 * Heinrich Wolfe
 * Jack O'Malley

Locations

 * The Fourth Anchor
 * H Barber Offices (now with Sid's name on the sign!)
 * The Witch House / Widdershins Museum

Release
Close to Home is currently releasing on a weekly basis. The cover was released on December 2nd 2022, with the first page going up on December 9th 2022 the next week.

Easter Eggs

 * Sid has a poster of his best friend Tim Chiang's act above his desk.