Iris Yamashita - 2023 - City Under One Roof (Mystery)

City Under One Roof - Iris Yamashita - 2023



By: Iris Yamashita
Narrated by: Aspen Vincent, Shannon Tyo, Anna Caputo
Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 01-10-23
Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Police Procedurals, Women Sleuths
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo



A stranded detective tries to solve a murder in a tiny Alaskan town where everyone lives in a single high-rise building, in this gripping debut by an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter.

When a local teenager discovers a severed hand and foot washed up on the shore of the small town of Point Mettier, Alaska, Cara Kennedy is on the case. A detective from Anchorage, she has her own motives for investigating the possible murder in this isolated place, which can be accessed only by a tunnel.

After a blizzard causes the tunnel to close indefinitely, Cara is stuck among the odd and suspicious residents of the town—all 205 of whom live in the same high-rise building and are as icy as the weather. Cara teams up with Point Mettier police officer Joe Barkowski, but before long the investigation is upended by fearsome gang members from a nearby native village.

Haunted by her past, Cara soon discovers that everyone in this town has something to hide. Will she be able to unravel their secrets before she unravels?

©2023 Iris Yamashita (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critic Reviews

“Unusual topography plays a major role in screenwriter Yamashita’s atmospherically charged debut…that leads to a spellbinding, unforgettable climax and an unpredictable resolution….This distinctively original perspective on a ‘community of stragglers, oddballs, and recluses’ heralds the arrival of a major new talent.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The claustrophobic atmosphere in this unique one-building town, isolated by tunnels, weather, and secrets, builds a memorable debut crime novel."—Library Journal (starred review)

“An urban Alaska detective unlocks menacing secrets in a frigid, sinister small town while struggling to recover from a personal tragedy. . . .Several more or less disreputable residents emerge as suspects as riddles large and small add fuel to the mystery on the way to the final solution. An offbeat, sharply written thriller.”–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)



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