First published 2026
Edith Ashton walks among the dead every day. As an investigator for the First Council in 1893 London, she uses her magic to witness victims' final moments. The authorities believe all Death Witches were eliminated years ago. They don't know Edith survived the massacre that killed her family. When a murdered witch reveals five others have vanished, Edith must investigate the very organization that destroyed her kind. The Sparrows have returned after decades of silence. They once systematically hunted Death Witches across England, and now they're targeting witches again. As the full moon approaches, more disappearances follow. When someone Edith has vowed to protect gets taken, she faces an impossible choice. She can continue hiding her true nature and lose everyone she cares about. Or she can unleash the Death Witch magic she has suppressed for decades and fight back. But revealing herself means the Sparrows will know their hunt was incomplete. They will come for the one Death Witch who escaped their purge.
Genres: mystery, fantasy, adult-fiction, dark-fantasy, historical-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, gritty, suspenseful
Tropes: chosen-one, forced-to-hide, found-family, revenge-plot
Setting: London, England
Period: 1893, 19th-century, Victorian era
376 pages · Paperback · JessiStJohn
Content warnings: death, murder, violence