The Retreat: The new top ten Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner Series, 2)

I love Sara’s writing! This is her 2nd book and it is a thrilling read!

I enjoyed both The Sanatorium and The Retreat, but I’m getting used to Pearse’s endings lacking resolution. I tore through both books, as they’re very enjoyable reads, but I was left dissatisfied at the end, especially The Retreat. I have so many questions! There are so many loose ends, and things not explained. Very frustrating.

The Retreat has been on my TBR pile since it was released, and I'm so happy I've managed to finally read it. I loved the creepy atmosphere and setting in The Sanatorium (book one in this series), and The Retreat didn't disappoint! We follow Elin as she takes on her first case since she went on leave after a tricky case before the setting of The Sanatorium. Her case takes her to a small island with an ominous past. Reapers Rock was the location of a school for 'badly behaved' children and the setting where a series of murders took place years ago. When a body is found at the luxury retreat now built there , Elin is thrown in the deep end as a possible accident is uncovered as a murder. We follow Elins POV and Hanas POV. Hana is at the island with friends and family for a break and is thrust into the middle of the happenings. The twists and turns were fantastic and all tied together really well at the end of the book. I really liked Steed, Elins' partner on the case, and I thought they made a good team. I can't wait to find out more about him, hopefully in book three. The atmosphere was dark and ominous and the right level of creepy. Looking forward to Elins next case, but I'm nervous for her after the way the book ends...

Great read, like The Sanatorium

This was not my favorite book of this author.While the writing is good, the main character has become a bit annoying to me. From her first book to this one, there is no growth for the detective. Considering what happened to her in The Sanatorium, you would think she would have more confidence in herself. And her relationship.... there is fun reading dysfunctional and then there is just meh dysfunctional. this one is meh.As for the actual case, it was a bit of a letdown. I don't want to spoil it, but by the end, I was over it.