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The House at Breitmis: The truth lies in darkness
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 11 2026
Pages: 286
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Some places remember what people try to forget.
High above the Swiss village of Erlinsbach lies the Breitmis, a remote plateau of mist-covered fields, dark forests, and old houses that seem to watch in silence. For generations, villagers have whispered about the place, about strange lights among the trees, children warned away from forgotten paths, and a house that never truly lets anyone go.
In 1959, eleven-year-old Kaspar Blatter vanished without a trace.
Nearly thirty years later, another child disappears.
When Constable Matthias Sager returns to the Breitmis to investigate the case of missing Marie Vogel, he is forced to confront not only the fear that still grips the village, but also the shadows of his own childhood. Old files, buried memories, and the unsettling silence of the villagers lead him deeper into a web of guilt, superstition, and long-concealed crimes.
Everyone in the Breitmis knows more than they are willing to admit.
A former town clerk guards altered records. An old woman hides behind polished manners and fear. A forgotten mine lies beneath the forest. And somewhere between legend and truth, the past waits to be uncovered.
But the closer Sager comes to the truth, the more he realizes that the Breitmis has never been haunted by ghosts alone.
It has been haunted by silence.
Atmospheric, haunting, and deeply psychological, The House at Breitmis is a gothic mystery about buried guilt, village secrets, and the darkness that grows when truth is left underground for too long.
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