Book Review: The Familiars by Stacey Halls
By Janet Webb
February 27, 2019Stacey Halls’s The Familiars is set against the backdrop of the Pendle Witch Trials of 1612. After three previous miscarriages and with a baby on the way, Fleetwood Shuttleworth leaps on the opportunity for assistance from a midwife, Alice. But when Alice is accused of practicing witchcraft, Fleetwood must decide whether she can trust her…