Catherine Raynes: Witch Trial and The Hard Line

Witch Trail by Harriet Tyce   Two teenage girls. One murdered classmate. And a modern-day witch trial that will divide the nation.  When 18-year-old Christian Shaw is found dead in an Edinburgh park, the city reels - and the shock only deepens when police charge her best friends, Eliza Lawson and Isobel Smyth, with her murder.  As social media explodes and headlines scream for justice, rumours of bullying spiral into something whispers of rituals, obsession, and a teenage pact gone wrong.  Matthew Phillips, a respected heart surgeon, is reluctantly called for jury duty on the case. But as the trial unfolds - and the girls reveal a chilling defence no one saw coming - he begins to question the motives, the evidence, even his own judgement.  Who's telling the truth? Who can be trusted? And what really happened to Christian Shaw?  Let the Witch Trial begin . . .     The Hard Line by Mark Greaney   For a man who works in the shadows, a family is not just a luxury - it's a weakness.  When an unknown enemy uses threats against Zack Hightower's estranged daughter to blackmail the injured operative into taking on a dangerous mission, his friend, Court Gentry, aka the Gray Man, volunteers to take Zack's place.   But Court has problems of his own. He's already got an expert assassin on his trail for no apparent reason. And now his quest to protect Zack's family may drag his own family into the maelstrom. There's one lesson that Court has found undeniable: There's a reason superheroes have secret identities.    LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.