This book has similar theme: locked in one location, cut off from the civilization, while the weather conditions deteriorate and a murderer is lurking around. I have to admit, I didn’t enjoy the first book: “ Sanatorium” and I found Detective Elin Warner character a little naive, incompetent to solve murder mysteries! But I had so many unanswered questions and I decided to have a second waltz with Elin ( I truly wished she learned how to dance at this sequel)

ģ.5 cabin fever stars are rounded up to four : the author’s main character is thankfully more tolerable at this book stars! But why would someone target the guests, and who else is in danger?Įlin must find the killer-before the island’s history starts to repeat itself. When a guest drowns in a diving incident the following day, Elin starts to suspect that there’s nothing accidental about these deaths.

But the victim wasn’t a guest-she wasn’t meant to be on the island at all. Once the playground of a serial killer, it’s rumored to be cursed.ĭetective Elin Warner is called to the retreat when a young woman’s body is found on the rocks below the yoga pavilion in what seems to be a tragic fall. But someone's here for revenge.Īn eco-wellness retreat has opened on an island off the English coast, promising rest and relaxation-but the island itself, known locally as Reaper’s Rock, has a dark past. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium, a Reese’s Book Club Pick, detective Elin Warner’s second outing, as she uncovers the truth behind the suspicious deaths on a stunning island getaway.

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