Standing apart from the Pendle Witch Trilogy, The Other Pendle Witch will follow the life and trial of Jennet Preston who was accused - years after the event - of killing by witchcraft the master for whom she worked as housekeeper. Living in Gisburne, which at the time was in Yorkshire, Jennet was tried at the York assizes - the only one of the Pendle Witches to no be taken to Lancaster.
The book, while still in the early stages of research, will potentially become the next title in the Words of the Dead series. Or may yet be a novel in its own right. Watch this space!
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Words of the Dead is a series of books inspired by ghost stories and folklore, in which teenager Iris Emmott finds she has a gift for communicating with the afterlife and dealing with their problems.
The first book in the series, The Higwayman of Hurst Green, was released in July 2022 and tells the story of highwayman Ned King who reputedly lived and 'worked' in Hurst Green for several years, and how Iris discovers she has powers which could be used to help his trapped soul.
When you're dead, maybe you are meant to accept that you have no choice, and to sleep peacefully for eternity.
Maybe.
And maybe that's what most people do when they die.
But that's not for me. I have things I need to say, a voice that needs to be heard, and a greivance that needs to be resolved.
Words of the Dead is planned to be a series of books following Iris as she comes to terms with her powers, meeting other ghostly figures from Lancashire folklore along the way.
Follow @rachelhelenauthor for teasers about the test of the series!