THE SANATORIUM | SARAH PEARSE | BOOK REVIEW

 

THE SANATORIUM 

Author: Sarah Pearse

Publisher: Penguin Books

Age Range: 14+

Summary: 

An engagement party taking place at an abandoned sanatorium converted to a hotel in the Swiss Alps. What can possibly go wrong? But there is so much that is unknown — the truth behind the sanatorium, the missing architect of the hotel, the disappearance and death of the guests as well as staff, the enmity between the hotel’s manager and the architect and verity behind an old incident that took place in the protagonist’s life.

Review: 

Sarah Pearse’s debut novel,The Sanatorium has to be one of the best thriller books of all time. 

        

It is about a detective from the UK, Elin Warner, who arrives at an isolated hotel in Switzerland for the engagement party of her brother, Isaac. However things take a turn when Laure, Isaac’s fiance, goes missing. Following the disappearance, the hotel is evacuated due to the threat of an upcoming storm. However some staff members, the hotel owner, the manager and some guests, including Elin, are stuck inside the hotel due to an avalanche that blocks the road. 

As if things couldnt get any worse, they find Adele, one of the staff members — at the bottom of a pool, dead. Elin is in charge of the crime scene and things just keep getting creepier as more people are found dead. One thing is clear: The killer is in the hotel. Everyone is in danger and anyone could be next

"You wont want to leave...until you cant"

~Avani Endait