Kirsten McKenzie

Painted Kirsten McKenzie

The art was meant to stay on the walls. But no one told them...




When art appraiser Anita Cassatt is sent to catalogue the extensive collection of reclusive artist Leo Kubin, it isn't the chill of the secluded house making her shiver, it's the silent audience of portraits clustered on every wall, watching her.




The lawyer didn't share the dead artist's instructions for handling his art, and Anita and her team start work ignorant of the instructions designed to keep them safe. Safe from the art.




There are secrets hiding in Kubin's house. But as Anita and her team discover, some secrets don't want to stay hidden.




Described as Caravaggio meets Poltergeist - Painted is a gothic ghost novel with a decent serving of psychological unease and a healthy fear of the dark. Perfect for lovers of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House.




Just imagine the Antiques Roadshow, if Stephen King was the host...