The novel “How to Hang a Witch” takes us to Salem—the capital of witchcraft and black magic, shrouded in the mysteries of the past to this day. The Mazer family has a bad reputation in Salem. Many centuries ago, because of the priest Cotton Mazer, a witch hunt was declared in the city. Dozens of people were executed for being accused of witchcraft. Their descendants still keep the memory of that dark tragedy. The arrival of Samantha Mazer—one of the cursed bloodline—brings death back to Salem. Misfortunes pursue the girl. At school she is hated and shunned; on the street people watch her with hostility. The spirits want Samantha Mazer to leave Salem forever. The townspeople dream of revenge. Behind every house in the city lurks a grim legend. Every stone remembers the story of Salem. Will the Salem court repeat itself hundreds of years later?
The plot of “How to Hang a Witch” is based on real events, and the author was inspired to write Samantha Mazer’s story by family heirlooms.