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Synopsis
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 . . .
My Review
An intense read.
I found the main character very unlikeable and it seemed like she was always trying to find fault with people. I got a really bad vibe about her boyfriend even if that was unfounded.
I feel that the storyline dragged on too long in places whereas other places it went way too fast. I understood why the first victim had been attacked but the other victims – whilst I understood why they were eventually killed, surely they all knew the dangerous game they were playing? Not victim blaming but if you know someone has already killed 3 times, why would you even stick around??
I did not see the perpetrator coming right until the last minute when the main character worked it out. It was an interesting way to go as none of the clues had been pointing their way, in my opinion.
The epilogue did frustrate me because – is there going to be a second book? This sure makes it feel this way. But if not, why is it there as now I want to know who that is!
I gave this book 3 out of 5 stars.
