Molly Aitken: Bright, I Burn

When a young Alice Kyteler sees her mother wither under the constraints of family responsibilities, she vows to take better control of her own life. A keen businesswoman thanks to her merchant father’s tutelage, she marries her first husband and quickly becomes a powerful banker. When he dies, she swiftly remarries again, and later again… and again. Yet as her business flourishes, Alice’s state of mind begins to spiral. And when her fourth husband dies, a trailblaze of local gossip and resentment culminates in a fatal accusation of witchcraft.