🏷️ Isolated Setting
10 entries tagged with this trope
The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse · 2021
A converted sanatorium hotel in the Swiss Alps. A snowstorm traps the guests. Then people start disappearing. Claustrophobic, chilling, and impossible to put down.
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware · 2015
A reclusive writer is invited to a hen party at a remote glass house in the forest. Then someone ends up dead. Ruth Ware's debut that launched a thousand 'girl in the...' thrillers.
The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah · 2018
1970s Alaska. A Vietnam vet moves his family to the wilderness where his darkness has nowhere to hide. Hannah writes survival—both physical and emotional—like no one else.
The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware · 2016
A journalist on a luxury cruise witnesses a woman thrown overboard. But the cabin she saw it from is empty. No one is missing. She knows what she saw... right?
The Guest List
Lucy Foley · 2020
A wedding on a remote Irish island. Everyone has secrets. Then someone turns up dead. Each chapter shifts POV and each one makes you suspect someone new.
Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney · 2021
A couple win a weekend in a Scottish chapel. He can't recognize faces. She writes him anniversary letters he never opens. The twists keep twisting until the very last page.
No Exit
Taylor Adams · 2019
Darby is stranded at a highway rest stop in a blizzard. She finds a child locked in a van. There are four other strangers inside. One of them is the kidnapper.
The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse · 2021
A luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps, converted from an old sanatorium. A snowstorm traps the guests. Then someone disappears. Gothic atmosphere meets modern thriller.
Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney · 2021
Adam and Amelia's marriage is dying. A weekend at a remote Scottish chapel is supposed to fix things. But both of them are keeping secrets. The letters between chapters change everything.
No Exit
Taylor Adams · 2019
Darby is stranded at a highway rest stop during a blizzard. In the parking lot, she finds a kidnapped child in a stranger's van. Four other people are in the building. One of them is the kidnapper.