The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

by Katherine Howe

While clearing out her grandmother's cottage for sale, Connie Goodwin finds a hidden parchment inscribed with the name Deliverance Dane. And so begins the hunt to uncover the woman behind the name, a hunt that takes her back to Salem in 1692 . . . and the infamous witchcraft trials.

But nothing is entirely as it seems and when Connie unearths the existence of Deliverance's spell book, the Physick Book, the situation takes on a menacing edge as interested parties reveal their desperation to find this precious artefact at any cost.

What secrets does the Physick Book contain? What...

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Reviewed by Eve1972 on

4 of 5 stars

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I LOVE all things witch, witch trials, occult etc, if your book includes those things chances are I will read it and enjoy it, and this novel was right up my alley! Katherine Howe is a descendant of two accused Salem "witches" and she has created a very well researched and well crafted (haha no pun intended) story that weaves facts with fiction in a truly enthralling story. The novel jumps back and forth from present day to the 1600's and the cast of characters are well developed and interesting. The only negative point I had with the novel is the author really telegraphs who the "bad guy" is very early on in the novel, it is quite obvious and therefore, for me, took away a bit of the "who done it", but that really was just a minor issue for me and I really enjoyed the book overall!

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