![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse (Bantam, £12. It would look great in a limited TV series on a streaming platform. The writer spent part of her twenties there and she evokes a breathtaking view of snow-covered mountain ranges seen through the sparkling windows of a high-end accommodation that most of us could never see the inside of. Le Sommet is a fictional luxury hotel converted from an abandoned sanatorium high in the real Alpine municipality of Crans-Montana. What Pearse absolutely has going for her is an incredible setting. Her mind flickers to the terror attacks in Norway in 2011. How vulnerable people would be, how much damage could be inflicted in a short period of time. It’s like Christie got distracted by a Resident Evil video game while pottering with Poirot. Sarah Pearse, The Sanatorium 2 likes Like She’s often thought about this, the risks of a crime in a remote location. But smashing that with ultra-violent torture scenes carried out by a gas mask-wearing villain can sometimes be jarring. The enforced mixing of the super-rich with the middle and lower classes is straight out of any number of Christie books. Pearse lives in Devon, the writing home of Agatha Christie, so she can be forgiven for taking a little influence from her. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT. ![]()
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