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 . . .***
Discarded medical equipment litters the floor; surgical tools blistered with rust, broken bottles, jars, the scratched spine of an old invalid chair. PROLOGUE
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(@TransworldBooks, 4 February 2021, ebook, 391 pages, borrowed from @GlasgowLib via @BorrowBox)
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I've wanted to read this book for ages because there's been so much hype around it. It's been on loan at my library for months so I was delighted to finally be able to borrow it. I knew after a couple of pages that I was going to love the book. There was just something about the way it's written, pulling me into the story and refusing to let go. First off, the setting is perfect for a thriller especially when the guests are snowed in by the weather and help can't get to them. The short chapters were perfect to build tension and keep me turning the pages. The twists and turns were spot-on. This is every bit as fantastic as I expected.
