Le Sommet, originally a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients in the Swiss Alps, was abandoned for decades, until it was renovated as a luxury hotel. Pearse's engrossing debut boasts a highly atmospheric setting. And she's the only one who could have warned them just how much danger they are all in. With the storm closing off all access to the hotel, the longer Laure stays missing, the more the remaining guests start to panic.Įlin is under pressure to find Laure, but no one has realized yet that another woman has gone missing. And when they wake the following morning to discover Laure is missing, Elin must trust her instincts if they hope to find her. But Elin's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when her estranged brother, Isaac, and his fiancée, Laure, invite her to celebrate their engagement at the hotel, Elin really has no reason not to accept.Īrriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge-there's something about the hotel that makes her nervous. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel.Īn imposing, isolated getaway spot high up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place.

'An eerie, atmospheric novel that had me completely on the edge of my seat.' -Reese Witherspoon

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse