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Sarah Pearse lives by the sea in South Devon with her husband and two daughters. After moving to Switzerland in her twenties, she spent every spare moment exploring the mountains in the Swiss Alpine town of Crans Montana, the dramatic setting that inspired her debut novel, The Sanatorium, which was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and became an instant New York Times Bestseller and a No.1 SUNDAY TIMES Bestseller.

The Retreat was her second novel and was also a New York Times Bestseller and a Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller. Her third novel, The Wilds, was published in 2025 and she's now working on a new thriller. Over 2 million copies of her books have been sold in over 34 countries. You can find Sarah on Twitter @SarahVPearse and Instagr ...more

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Average rating: 3.42 · 272,746 ratings · 25,113 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1) 3.36 avg rating — 210,536 ratings — published 2021 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Retreat (Detective Elin Warner, #2) 3.61 avg rating — 46,867 ratings — published 2022 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wilds (Detective Elin Warner, #3) 3.70 avg rating — 15,639 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sarah answered Melissa Lazzara's question: Are you working on anything new? I love your books! Yes, I’m working on my fourth book now, a standalone thriller that I’m very excited about! :) Thank you so much for the kind words, it really means a lot, especially when I’m in the thick of editing like I am now! :)
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Sarah has read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) by J.K. Rowling	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Sarah Pearse (?)

“Grief is like a series of bombs exploding, one after another. Every hour, a new detonation. Shock after shock after shock.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

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“Il faut bonne mémoire après qu'on a menti'
A liar should have a good memory.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

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“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.”
― Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium

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Mystery May 2022
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Instead write in books that belong to the mystery genre.
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Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur T. Bradley (write-in)

2 votes, 13.3%

Look Into My Eyes by Lauren Child

1 vote, 6.7%

Summertime Rendering, Vol. 1 by Yasuki Tanaka

1 vote, 6.7%

The Five Clues by Anthony Kessel

1 vote, 6.7%

Ghost Girl by Ally Malinenko (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

The Lake by Natasha Preston (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

Simone LaFray and the Red Wolves of London by S.P. O'Farrell (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

Holes by Louis Sachar (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

Cold Case by Julia Platt Leonard (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

1 vote, 6.7%

Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

Good Girl's Guide to Murder (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

The Fall by Tristan Bancks

0 votes, 0.0%

Silent Scream by Angela Marsons (write-in)

0 votes, 0.0%

Dead Girls Don't Lie by Jennifer Shaw Wolf (write-in)

0 votes, 0.0%

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (write-in)

0 votes, 0.0%

The Nebula Secret by Trudi Trueit

0 votes, 0.0%

The Explorer's Code by Allison K. Hymas

0 votes, 0.0%

The Highland Falcon Thief by M.G. Leonard

0 votes, 0.0%

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