Pearse has a big future ahead of her.' -Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of The Mother-in-Law 'A superb debut offering an astonishingly creepy and isolated backdrop, great characters, tension and twists.

Vividly set against the backdrop of the Swiss Alps, it had me on the edge of my seat from the first page. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window 'Dark, suspenseful and downright chilling, Pearse's debut, The Sanatorium, is a triumph. Pearse writes prose fresh and crisp as Swiss Alp powder, and her characters fascinate even as their numbers dwindle.' -A.

Praise for The Sanatorium: ' The Sanatorium is an absolutely splendid Gothic thriller - gracious in its nods to the classic locked-room mystery, yet bold enough to burst out of that room through the window. And she's the only one who could have warned them just how much danger they are all in. Elin is under pressure to find Laure, but no one has realized yet that another woman has gone missing. With the storm closing off all access to the hotel, the longer Laure stays missing, the more the remaining guests start to panic. And when they wake the following morning to discover Laure is missing, Elin must trust her instincts if they hope to find her. Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge-there's something about the hotel that makes her nervous. 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. An imposing, isolated getaway spot high up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel. Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. and twists you'll never see coming.' -Richard Osman, New York Times bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club Sarah Pearse's next book, The Retreat, is forthcoming. REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK A New York Times bestseller! 'An eerie, atmospheric novel that had me completely on the edge of my seat.' - Reese Witherspoon 'This spine-tingling, atmospheric thriller has it all.

The sanatorium book cover