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  • Published: 26 March 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593336694
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $29.99

City Under One Roof





Stranded by a brutal storm, a detective tries to solve a murder in a tiny Alaskan town where everyone lives in one building in this gripping debut by Academy Award–nominated screenwriter Iris Yamashita.

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?

  • Published: 26 March 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593336694
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $29.99

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Praise for City Under One Roof

Northern Exposure meets Dexter in this clever thriller in which an isolated community is rocked by a twisted murder, increasingly dark secrets, and the terrifying knowledge that the people they always thought they knew are now the ones they should fear the most.”—Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Step Too Far

“Iris Yamashita blasts into the world of crime fiction by doing something spectacular: introducing us to a totally unique location and subculture. A compulsive page-turner that’s both atmospheric and claustrophobic at the same time.”—C. J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shadows Reel

City Under One Roof is a gripping, unsettling, and oppressive thriller that welcomes a wonderful new talent to the genre. Prepare to be quickly immersed in this dark and moody murder mystery.”—Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing

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