Are you ready for some winter chills? Book of the Month for February is The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse. The eerie, isolated Swiss mountains are the backdrop for this icy thriller, a debut picked by Reece Witherspoon’s book club when it first came out in February 2021. If it tickles your fancy you can read alongside, answer Book Club questions and join in with the Big Review at the end of the month.
The Sanatorium – the blurb
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 . . .
Join Us…
We will be sharing our Big Review of The Sanatorium on the last Friday of the month. A series of Book Club questions will also be around for you to answer on the last Thursday. Don’t wait until then though, we would love to know your marks out of ten as soon as you have read it. So grab your copy and read along with us.