The release date for the English version of 'The Stroke of Winter' by
Wendy Webb is Nov 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
During the dead of winter, Tess Bell is transforming her old family house into a bed and breakfast in the lakefront town of Wharton.
A closed-off art studio is exposed when the home is being restored. There are paintings that Sebastian Bell, Tess's late grandpa and a well-known artist, stashed away for many years. However, they seem to be the creations of a deranged mind; they hardly resemble the paintings that she and other art enthusiasts would anticipate. Tess is troubled by the eerie paintings; they give her nightmares and make her obsessed with discovering the truth about their provenance.
What wickedness has been kept hidden for so long? Tess is drawn further and deeper into the shadows by the menacing brushstrokes, the scratching at the door, and the shifting shadows.