Press reviews
I hate to watch horror movies in a remote placeJournalist and writer Mirko Beetschen has written a gothic novel set in an abandoned hotel on the fictitious Finsteralp in the Bernese Oberland. Here a handful of relatives meet to claim the inheritance of their deceased grandfather - and strange things start happening.
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I love to be spooked
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No bedtime story“(…) Mirko Beetschen proves to be a talented narrator who knows how to capture moods accurately and make atmospheres come alive almost physically in his dense language.”
Der Bund, 15.10.2018 |
Nightmare hotel Mirko Beetschen builds up the tension very skilfully and weaves in new, surprising plotlines (…). And of course the story is so gripping and creepy that you can hardly put the book down.”
Berner Zeitung / 08.10.2018 |
Ghosts of
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The gothic hotel in the Bernese Oberland“With his second novel Mirko Beetschen (…) has a go at the venerable genre of the gothic story. And he does that really well.”
20 Minuten, 03.11.2018 |
Readings
WITH MIRKO BEETSCHEN
FEBRUARY 24 2019, 17h00
MAISON BERGDORF, ALPENSTRASSE 36c, INTERLAKEN
CONTACT: INFO@VERANDAWOHNEN.CH
MARCH 2 2019, 21h00
LITERAARE - THUNER LITERATURFESTIVAL, KONZEPTHALLE 6
hardback with dust jacket, 13 x 21 cm, approx. 450 pages cover image: Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek, Eidgenössisches Archiv für Denkmalpflege (EAD): Archiv Photoglob-Wehrli CHF 32.–/EUR 29.– ISBN 978-3-7296-0997-6 ALSO AVAILABLE AS E-BOOK
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Autumn 1946. The ancient owner of an abandoned grand hotel in the Bernese Alps disappears without a trace and is declared dead. His niece Eleanor arrives with her twin sister Violet from Baltimore to claim the inheritance and meets the members of her European family.
Until the opening of the will the small group settles within the empty rooms of the remote hotel palace and dreams of revived grandeur. Eleanor, however, feels increasingly threatened by the strange environment. The mountains as well as the abandoned halls and corridors of the hotel unsettle her. Is the old building really as empty as it seems. When a terrible accident happens and an unexpected snowstorm cuts the hotel off, the situation escalates. |
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