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The Sanatorium

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The Sanatorium

By: Sarah Pearse
Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
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'The Sanatorium will keep you checking over your shoulder. This spine-tingling, atmospheric thriller has it all: an eerie Alpine setting, sharp prose, and twists you'll never see coming. A must-read.' RICHARD OSMAN

'An eerie, atmospheric novel that had me completely on the edge of my seat.' RESSE WITHERSPOON

'At first glance they're magnificent, yet the more she looks, the more she realizes how sinister the mountains appear: raw, jagged spikes. It's not hard to imagine, she thinks, looking out; this place somehow consuming someone, swallowing them whole.'

An imposing, isolated hotel, high up in the Swiss Alps, is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But she's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when she receives an invitation out of the blue to celebrate her estranged brother's recent engagement, she has no choice but to accept.

Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge. Though it's beautiful, something about the hotel, recently converted from an abandoned sanatorium, makes her nervous - as does her brother, Isaac.

And when they wake the following morning to discover his fiancée Laure has vanished without a trace, Elin's unease grows. With the storm cutting off access to and from the hotel, the longer Laure stays missing, the more the remaining guests start to panic.

But no-one has realized yet that another woman has gone missing. And she's the only one who could have warned them just how much danger they're all in . . .

©2021 Sarah Pearse (P)2021 Penguin Audio
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Loved this story. Had me hooked. Can't wait to read her next book. Hope it's soon!

EXCELLENT

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I am an ac-TOR. Therefore. I. Must. Over. Enunciate. Everything. Every. Consonant. Clearly. And. Robotically. Uttered.
And then sometimes I forget and just talk like a normal person for a bit.

Massively distracting for the listener. And I liked her in Upstart Crow and in Killing Eve, too. She’s terrible at audiobooks. Such a shame.

annoying narrator spoils good story

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I loved this book very much . I got into the story straight away . would definitely recommend .

Great

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it's a very good book, very well read. it's just that I kept shouting at the characters. A certain person was just constantly telling his wife to stop doing what she wanted to do, nothing ever came of it and she ended up getting guilty. Then, she starts to become annoying, going on about ego being a problem, in fact the book mentions this a lot. We are pretty much all looking for ego boots and gratification so it's like.. not a massive problem. eventually, way into the book I just lost interest in the characters and the far fetched story. I think if you can relate to the characters, you will enjoy this a lot.

the characters are not very likable.

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The story started well but quickly become drawn out and confusing, it failed to deliver on the atmospheric possibilities of the setting in a hotel with a dark history, In the middle of a snow storm and cut off from outside help.
The characters lacked depth and the main character was not believable as a police officer.
Overall disappointing !

Disappointing

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