An atmospheric story about a policewoman who, while staying in a mountain hotel, has to deal with a murderer … and with her own past.
Elin Warner, who works in the English police force, decides to open a new chapter in life in an exclusive hotel on a mountain slope. It soon turns out, however, that the ghosts inhabiting the place do not allow themselves to be forgotten – the snow-covered forests hide many dark secrets.
One day, one of the hotel employees makes a gruesome discovery – a murderer is prowling in the sanatorium. Meanwhile, a snowstorm and an avalanche cut the building off from the world. Elin decides to tackle a monstrous mystery of a man who is clearly trying hard to prove something to the world. The one-on-one game begins … A suspenseful story reminiscent of the classics of the genre.
Sarah Pearse lives with her husband and two daughters by the seaside in southern Devon. She studied English and Writing at the University of Warwick and worked as a brand image specialist in several different companies. At the age of twenty, she moved to Switzerland, where she devoted every free moment to mountain hiking.
She still feels at home in the Alpine town of Crans-Montana, where her novels are set. She has always been fascinated by dark and spooky things – she loved abandoned places, far from civilization – so when she read an article in a Swiss newspaper about the history of local hospitals for tuberculosis, an idea for her debut novel, Sanatorium , flashed in her mind . Previously, she had already published several short stories in various magazines.