The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1)

by Sarah Pearse

It’s strange, she thinks, how for her, claustrophobia doesn’t only exist in spaces outside herself, but within her too. That horrible sense of being trapped inside your own body.

Her instincts have kicked in: I have to get out. The refrain is familiar: the words she said over and over a year ago as she fought to get out of the cave after Hayler grabbed her, hit her, as she made the decision to escape the rising tide. I have to get out. I have to get out.

Ive felt the same

All Mum could think about was herself. Her grief. How it was the biggest, most important. She didn’t want to think about anyone else.”