Upon the death of the legendary (but reclusive) portrait artist Arthur Cherrywood, six strangers receive an invitation to his remote island mansion known as Painted Place. There, his estate—including his priceless private art collection—will be bequeathed to the guests, who for the first time in history will be allowed to explore the secretive home and studio where the painter created so many of his iconic works. ?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

But once the guests have arrived on Painted Place, a storm hits, stranding the group from shore. When morning finally breaks, someone is dead, and all signs point to murder. Together, the strangers find themselves trapped in a secluded mansion with a body, a missing will, and worst of all, a killer.

Set on a remote island off the coast of Newfoundland, Murder on Painted Place is a modern twist on the classic noir whodunit—begging the age-old question: which one of us is the killer?

Emily Hepditch is an award-winning author from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland.In 2020, her debut novel, The Woman in the Attic, was published by Flanker Press and quickly became the #1 bestselling book in Newfoundland and Labrador. The book has remained on the Atlantic Books Today top five bestsellers list since its release. Emily's second thriller, Alone on the Trail, is also an ABT top-five bestseller. Sweater is her first children's illustrated book.Emily is a graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland, where she studied linguistics, psychology, and criminology. When she is not writing novels, she is studying law, working on an illustration, or hiking the East Coast Trails.The Woman in the Attic has won the following awards and honours:Winner: Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize—Mystery Winner: NL Reads 2021—Margaret Duley Award Gold Medal Winner: Independent Publisher Awards—Canada, East, Regional Fiction Finalist: Crime Writers of Canada Awards—Best First Novel Long-listed: BMO Winterset Awards

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