Offline

Five days. No phone. No internet. In an abandoned mountaineering hotel at a two-thousand-meter altitude in the Bavarian Alps, where there’s nobody but two caretakers. A “digital detox”—a trendy form of rest. That’s what this group of eleven people decided to try. Each for their own reasons. Hardly had they reached the place when a snowstorm broke out. By morning, the hotel is buried under snow up to the second floor, and the group is missing one person—Thomas. When they find him, everyone is horrified. Thomas is completely naked; his eyes have been burned out; his tongue has been cut off; blood is pouring from his ears; and his body is paralyzed below the neck. He can hear nothing, see nothing, can’t speak, and can’t move—trapped inside himself.

A terrifying fate in front of which even death doesn’t seem like such a monstrous alternative. The radio is broken; help is nowhere to be found. Completely cut off from the outside world, people are locked in a huge hotel with a maniac—and it could be any one of them…

Germany’s national bestseller. “Strobbel’s thriller bookmark isn’t needed—you’ll read it in one go.” — Sebastian Fitzek, a star of German psychothrillers.

“Strobbel is one of those authors whose new book is guaranteed to end up on the bestseller list.” — Bayerischer Rundfunk

“This author delights in tormenting the reader.” — Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung

“He knows how to drag you into an abyss you’re even afraid to imagine.” — Krimikiste