Sarah Pearse has been announced as the winner of the FingerPrint Awards Crime Book of the Year for her debut novel The Sanatorium. Published in February 2021, the atmospheric thriller has seen huge success, reaching number one on the Sunday Times best-seller list. The novel was also chosen as a Reese Witherspoon Book Club title.
The Sanatorium was announced as Crime Book of the Year at the Capital Crime Festival, taking place in Battersea Park. Pearse was shortlisted alongside internationally renowned talents Val McDermid, Janice Hallett, Eva Björg Ægisdottir and Mick Herron.
The sequel to The Sanatorium, The Retreat, was published by Transworld in July and quickly became a bestseller in both the UK and US markets.