‘The Bewitching – Based on an actual witchcraft trial in an English village in the 16th century, this finely crafted novel explores the contagiousness of malicious rumours. Poor, stroppy, beer-tippling Alice, demonised for being outspoken, is a timeless female archetype, rendered with great skill by Dawson. There is a grim inevitability about her fate, as her paranoid accusers circle her like sharks. It is a terrific piece of storytelling, immersed as it is in its period but rich in resonance for the Twitter generation.’
– Max Davidson, Mail on Sunday