Snowbound

by Ushani Nanayakkara

Robyn Reed is on a backcountry ski trip to celebrate her graduation for college. Two days into the trip she is stranded at the Leonberger Hut with strangers. Getting snowed in at a cozy Alpine lodge in the Austrian Alps isn’t so bad, unless a killer and a rapist is among them.

Fritz Schrundler is a revered mountain guide with a track record of saving people from the dangers of the mountains. However, stuck in the Leonberger Hut with seventeen other people, he struggles to keep his secret. Then he makes a mistake that costs him dearly.

Christine Berghofer is desperate to get away from her job as a cook. Perhaps with her friend Fritz by her side she can move on to running her mother's hotel. But when she’s marooned with him during the storm she uncovers the terrible truth he has been hiding.

Cut off from the rest of the world, the people snowbound at the hut get stir-crazy and jumpy. The storm brewing inside the lodge turns as dangerous as the one raging outside. Are they paranoid to think that danger is lurking in the hallways when the lights go out? When the blizzard finally dies down, will they all leave the hut alive and unharmed?

297 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 15, 2025

About the author

As the child of a Sri Lankan father and a German mother Ushani has lived in Sri Lanka and Germany. She moved to the Seattle area almost thirty years ago. She spends her free time hiking, skiing and climbing. Because of this passion, setting, extreme weather, and physical challenges often play a role in her novels.
Ushani has also co-authored non-fiction books with Steve Gill on language learners and special education.