Fleetwood Shuttleworth is 17 years old, married, and pregnant for the fourth time. But as the mistress at Gawthorpe Hall, she still has no living child, and her husband is anxious for an heir. Alice Gray, a young midwife, promises to help her. But as she is drawn into the witchcraft accusations that are sweeping the North-West of England, Fleetwood risks everything by trying to help her. A Sunday Times bestseller - for fans of "The Miniaturist".