The Sanctuary
A must-read gripping locked-room crime thriller that you will leave you on the edge of your seat!
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4.0 • 40 Ratings
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
Very few people get the opportunity to stay here.
And some don't get to leave ...
Zoey doesn't remember anything about last night. But she knows something went badly wrong. For she is no longer in New York. She's woken up in the desert, in a white building she doesn't recognise, and she's alone.
When she discovers she's been admitted to The Sanctuary, a discreet, mysterious, isolated refuge from normal life, to avoid jail, she is stunned. She knows she has secrets, troubles, but she thought she had everything under control. But as she spends more time with other residents, she begins to open up about what she's running from. Until she realises that not everyone in The Sanctuary has her best interests at heart, and someone might even be a killer . . .
Praise for THE DARK:
'Outstanding ... Haughton writes vividly about a claustrophobic community ... her novel really is a superlative locked-room mystery' Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month)
'Haughton has created a fantastically atmospheric setting ... it's a chilling race to the finish to discover whodunnit' Observer
'A sense of growing menace pervades ... the freezing wasteland and claustrophobic workings of the research station are finely rendered' Financial Times
'The kind of heart-pounding, sleep-stealing read that you want to recommend to everyone you meet. An absolutely thrilling book' CASS GREEN
'Chilling and atmospheric . . . had me turning the pages late into the night' MARK EDWARDS
'Tense, thrilling and unpredictable, with one of the most unique and dangerous settings imaginable' ALLIE REYNOLDS
'Set against the dangerous sub-zero temperatures end endless night of the Antarctic... Brilliantly atmospheric and terrifying' CATHERINE COOPER
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
You know how it is. Go out for a few drinks at a local bar, end up doing tequila shots in a downtown nightclub, wake up in a swanky rehab facility in the middle of the Mexican desert with no memory of how you got there. This is where messily chaotic heroine Zoey Baxter finds herself in this intriguing mystery thriller. With no obvious addictions which need treatment and no idea who’s bankrolling her 10-week stay, things are disorientating enough for Zoey—and that’s before the discreet retreat’s staff start being brutally murdered. Which of the rogue’s gallery of characters—bratty rich kids, famous actresses, enigmatic therapists—is the killer? Dark secrets emerge during group therapy and psychedelic ceremonies. Revenge and blackmail ensue. The body count climbs. Irresistibly paced and visually cinematic, it recalls TV dramas such as The White Lotus or Nine Perfect Strangers, crossed with a 21st-century update of an Agatha Christie-style country house whodunnit. Recovery has rarely been so riveting.
Customer Reviews
Great story
Great story, really enjoyed it although the ending is fairly predictable.
The massive overuse of the word “simply” begins to grate after a while.
Great - kept me guessing!
Loved it, can totally see it being a movie as well. Loved the characters, kept me guessing until the last minute, I even enjoyed the slow pace as I liked the aesthetic of it all.
Best book I have read in a long time
Well worth the read