The Devil's Sanctuary

When Daniel arrives in Himmelstal -- a private Swiss psychiatric facility -- to visit his twin brother Max, he has no idea what's in store for him. He finds himself unquestioningly accepting Max's plea for help and the brothers swap places in order for Max to take care of some business. All he claims to need is a couple of days in the outside world to settle his debt. But soon Daniel realizes Max isn't coming back, and that the clinic is far from a place of recovery. Struggling to get anyone to believe who he really is, Daniel finds himself trapped in a cruel and highly secretive prison: this is no sanctuary, it's a living nightmare . . .

Author: Marie Hermanson
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 09/01/2013
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781455523870

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/05/2013
New York Times Book Review 06/01/2014 pg. 30

About the Author
An author and journalist, Marie Hermanson published her first book in 1986. Her novels are huge bestsellers in Scandinavia, and Musselstranden (Clam Beach) is considered a modern classic, with over 250,000 copies sold. Mannen under trappan (The Man Under the Stairs) was adapted into a TV drama in 2009. She lives in Gothenberg, Sweden.