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The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1)

Sarah Pearse

Start date: March 1, 2022

Finish date: March 31, 2022

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Mar 31, 2021 Chris James added it

The Sanatorium is one of the creepiest books I've read in a quite a while. How could it possibly not be: A remote Alpine setting; a snow storm; an old, abandoned, medical clinic; and missing bodies!

I enjoyed Pearse's style and her ability to develop her characters and their stories without revealing everything all at one (or maybe not at all, really).

While I had a good inkling of what was coming towards the end, I totally did not see the actual ending! I can't wait to read her next book!

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Mar 17, 2021 Joann M rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Dec 10, 2021 Cecilia rated it it was ok

This book was ok. I was really hoping for a little horror, some ghosts maybe? But it was a straight murder mystery and not a great one. I just wasn’t on the edge of my seat or very engaged.The character development was meh as well

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Mar 02, 2021 Candace rated it liked it

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Meh...the last few Reese's book club books have not been great books. It seems like she is selecting future production projects and banking on built-in audience. This book makes the remote location part of the story, but the plot and characters do not make sense, especially the conflicts from the past being resolved here. ...more

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