Which Witch?

By Simon R Green

Talented actress Diana and young bishop Alistair, her partner in crime-solving and supernatural sleuthing, face the terrifying curse of the Scottish Play in this witty, creeptastic paranormal mystery from New York Times bestselling British fantasy author Simon R. Green

Miles away from town or city, and centuries away from civilization, three witches dance around a great brass cauldron, singing songs of horror and hatred. The Crone raises her voice to ask: 'When shall we three meet again?' . . . only for the cauldron to emit a thick, poisonous smoke, sending her, and her fellow actresses, fleeing for their lives.

For the director, it's the last straw. Macbeth is famously a cursed play, but the incident, not the first in a long line of creepy events, makes him wonder if someone - or something - is trying to sabotage the play. The show must go on But not if the forces of darkness are determined for it not to.

Talented actress Diana Hunt, hired to give her Lady Macbeth, knows just the man to turn to for help: her partner in crime-solving, handsome young bishop Alistair Kincaid, whose help investigating a series of seemingly supernatural murders has earned them the nickname the Holy Terrors. But with evil and black magic wrapping the theatre in darkness, this investigation might cost Alistair and Diana far more than they're expecting.

The Holy Terrors novels are funny, scary and thoroughly entertaining - perfect for fans of Simon R. Green's urban fantasy novels, Jim Butcher, Terry Pratchett and Ben Aaronovitch, as well as those who enjoy American Horror Story, The X-Files and murder mysteries with a supernatural twist.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1448313538
• ISBN13: 9781448313532
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Severn House
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Fun quick read

And the Holy Terrors at it again! This time it is Bishop Alistair coming to the rescue of Diana, who is cast as Lady Macbeth in the cursed play that actually might really be cursed! Their witty banter and lighthearted ways balance out the darkness in the supposedly haunted theater that the practicing is happening before the move to West End and while there always has to be a murdered victim or two, they do have a good track record of solving the case before everyone is dead. I did enjoy the variety of the murders which gave them the nice touch of maybe it was supernatural since Alistair tends to keep an open mind while still looking for mortal means. And it was fun to be surprised about who and why was sabotaging the play as I did not expect it! These are fun little novellas to read, nicely entertaining and light (despite the death) and I am glad finally that something does happen at the end with Diana and Alistair! Though I hope they keep being the Holy Terrors, to be called in on cases that border on the supernatural!