Die Einladung

The SPIEGEL bestseller of 2023 is now available in paperback! #1 bestselling author Sebastian Fitzek takes us on a nightmarish trip to the wintery Alps in his new psychological thriller. Looking forward to an extended weekend in the Alps, Marla Lindberg accepts an invitation to a class reunion. But shortly after her arrival, she realizes: there is only one thing more deadly than leaving the secluded mountain hotel at night in the icy snowstorm. Not doing it... The invitation: woe to those who receive it. Marla Lindberg's memories are crystal clear: the strange message that lured her to a decommissioned maternity clinic. The figure that tried to kill her. The oddly whistling cough of the psychopath during the life-and-death struggle. After years of psychotherapy, the highly intelligent young woman has learned: all of this is false memory. Marla suffers from prosopagnosia. Her brain plays tricks on her in extreme situations when it desperately tries to recognize people by their faces. When Marla receives the invitation to the class reunion in the Alps, she hopes to indulge in beautiful and genuine memories with her former classmates. Upon her arrival at the snowy mountain hotel, all the rooms are already occupied. Used dishes are on the dining table, the fireplace flickers, yet no one is there. Marla begins to search for the others. And then she hears it again. Someone is coughing and whistling outside, in the icy darkness... Pure suspense – thriller meets horror. In line with the psychological thriller genre, this novel addresses sensitive topics such as suicide.