Alyn Warner hasn't been a detective for a year now. Post-traumatic syndrome and the funeral of her mother made her forget about her career. And she absolutely does not want to go to the engagement of her brother, who has long become a stranger to her.Arriving in the midst of a terrible storm, Elin immediately feels out of place. Isolated from the world, a hotel in the Swiss Alps is as chic as in the picture, but an abandoned sanatorium still peeps through the luxurious facade.When her brother's bride disappears without a trace, Elin realizes that her premonition has not deceived her. An impending snow avalanche plunges the rest of the guests into a panic. But the evacuation is stopped when a woman's corpse is found in the pool. And Elin is the only one who can figure out what's going on, even if the answers lie in the dark past...Imagine the book that Stephen King and Agatha Christie wrote together. The result is the perfect gothic thriller, full of clever mysteries and suspenseful atmosphere."Absolutely gorgeous gothic thriller, elegant in its nods to classic hermetic detective stories, but bold enough to break out of that enclosed atmosphere through a window. Pearce writes prose as fresh and crisp as the snow of the Swiss Alps, and her characters are fascinating even when their numbers are inexorably dwindling. -"This nerve-wracking thriller has it all: suspenseful atmosphere, sharp language and unpredictable plot twists." –