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October 11, 2012

"Witch Hunt" by Leigh author Syd Moore is a chilling, haunting ghost story that delves into the dark past of the 16^th century Essex witch trials. 

Between 1560 and 1690, over 500 women were tried for witchcraft in the county of Essex.  In Syd Moore’s chilling novel, journalist Sadie Asquith researches a book on the subject and begins to experience strange, ghostly visions.  By digging up the truth about the witch hunts, Sadie appears to have opened an unearthly connection to the women treated so cruelly and killed centuries before.

In the modern world Sadie is sure she is being followed, her flat is burgled and she finds clues that reveal her own past isn’t all that she believed. Can she find peace for the witches of Essex’s history and a safe path for herself?

Leigh local Syd Moore is the author of the widely acclaimed "The Drowning Pool", a novel inspired by the legend of a 19^th Century Essex woman - the Sea Witch Sarah Moore (another Leigh-ite).  Syd is co-creator of Super Strumps (www.superstrumps.com), the game that reclaims female stereotypes through the medium of Top Trumps, and was founding editor of Level 4, an arts and culture magazine based in South Essex. She has worked extensively in publishing and the book trade, and presented three series’ of Channel 4’s late night book programme, Pulp.