TheSanatorium

GLOBAL SUCCESS: As well as becoming an instant No.1 Sunday Times bestseller, The Sanatorium spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has been optioned for TV, and was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick. It has been a bestseller in Ireland, published in 30 territories around the world, won 'Crime Book of the Year' at the 2022 Fingerprint Awards and the 'Cold As Ice' Award at the 2022 Dead Good Readers Awards.EXCITING NEW BRAND: This will be a lead focus paperback publication for Transworld in 2021. Set in an isolated Swiss Alpine hotel with a dark history, The Sanatorium effortlessly combines a locked-room mystery with a modern day gothic thriller, and introduces readers to Detective Elin Warner, who will also feature in Sarah's second novel, The Retreat, coming in Spring 2022.IMMERSIVE CAMPAIGN: There will be a targeted publicity campaign drawing on the success of the hardback publication with a focus on further reviews, podcast interviews and features, accompanied by an immersive digital advertising campaign reaching over 10 million readers.HUNGRY MARKET: This will be inhaled by anyone who couldn't put down Lucy Foley's THE HUNTING PARTY (165k PB TCM), Shari Lapena's AN UNWANTED GUEST (105k PB TCM) and A J Finn's THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (190k PB TCM).

Sarah Pearse lives by the sea in South Devon with her husband and two daughters. She studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick and worked in Brand PR for a variety of households brands before following her passion for writing.

Her experiences living in the Swiss Alps in her early twenties inspired her acclaimed debut novel, The Sanatorium, which was an instant No.1 Sunday Times and New York Times Top Ten bestseller in hardback, and a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick.

Her eagerly anticipated second thriller, The Retreat, published in July 2022 and became an instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller.

You can find Sarah on Twitter @SarahVPearse and Instagram @sarahpearseauthor

Pearse's The Sanatorium will keep you checking over your shoulder. This spine-tingling, atmospheric thriller has it all: an eerie Alpine setting, sharp prose, and twists you'll never see coming. A must-read.Dark, suspenseful and downright chilling, The Sanatorium is a triumph. Vividly set against the backdrop of the Swiss Alps, it had me on the edge of my seat from the first page. Pearse's writing is sublime. What a talent! Pearse has a big future ahead of her.The Sanatorium is an absolutely splendid Gothic thriller - gracious in its nods to the classic locked-room mystery, yet bold enough to burst out of that room through the window. Pearse writes prose fresh and crisp as Swiss Alp powder, and her characters fascinate even as their numbers dwindle.The Sanatorium is definitely a debut novel to watch out for. Wow, what a chilling read! One of the creepiest thrillers I've ever read. So atmospheric, clever and compulsive. LOVED it!Creepy, deeply claustrophobic, mind-numbing, teasing, twists and turns galore, this book is a towering example of a masterful hand at work. If only Hitchcock were still around to film it.