so-so3 stars. Mystery set in the Swiss Alps in a tuberculosis residence turned trendy hotel. I think Pearse tries to create a sense of spookiness and claustrophobia when a storm blocks everyone in with a killer, but I didn't find it suspenseful, maybe because I didn't connect with any characters so wasn't invested. I did love the setting as it reminded me of an 1800s hotel I stayed at above the Lauterbrunnen Valley.
Voted earlier….now the anxious wait. I‘m nauseously optimistic like so many of us. Pillows are from Sophie & Lili
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pickI‘m not sure I could summarize what this book is about. It‘s kind of about love? And regret, I guess. But kind of neither? It‘s often funny in a dry, judgmental way. Very well-observed characters. Interesting but, for me, not exactly moving.
pickEdith Hope has been sent to Hotel du Lac in Switzerland after an indiscretion to be out of view to her English friends. She sees it as an opportunity to do some work, she‘s an author.
At Hotel du Lac there‘s several other rich, English women. In a way this atmosphere reminded me of a Poirot crime without the crime.
Edith gets to know the other women, and suddenly there‘s a man there, a Mr Neville
The view on unmarried women reminded me a
pickCIA Agent Mac Decker “died” shortly after being accused as a traitor when his long term friend Ilya Ivashka defected to Russia. Actually Decker was framed, and faking his death, has been living under another identity in Switzerland. Then he learns that his son has died while involved in a CIA action. Mac comes out of the shadows and, with his Mossad lover, sets out to right the wrong. Everything tied up in a neat bow at the end. A fun read!
pickThis was a great read … interesting characters… there was miss direction about the culprit a little scary due to location and the previous use of the building… and I‘m hoping that this is just the first book in a series for this author because not all questions were answered
So after a long day of cleaning (you don‘t realize how big your house is until you start deep cleaning) I‘m sitting reading and enjoying the music I put in to clean … all I have left is the kitchen, front closet and bathroom for tomorrow 👍🏼 feel good now that 75 % of the house is done 🤪🤣
pickElin, a police detective struggling to deal with trauma and the recent death of her mother, arrives at a luxury hotel in the Alps hoping to get answers from her estranged brother. Instead, a dead body is discovered just as an avalanche makes it impossible to leave. A taut and compelling thriller, although Elin's anxiety sometimes threatens to overwhelm the reader as much as it does her, and there was a bit of excessive monologuing toward the end.
