City Under One Roof | 
pickI‘ve been on an audiobook kick lately. I‘ve had this book sitting in my library for a while now and needed something to listen to while I sanded and painted cosplays. The writing style is a tad repetitive—and a little cliched—but overall it was a fun listen with multiple narrators, all good performers. The setting was intriguing (a small Alaskan village housed entirely in one building) and the characters are quirky and engaging.
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Meh. I think the atmosphere was the high point of this one. The mystery was sort of all over the place, and there were some things that seemed out of place within the story.
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pickThis was surprisingly solid & effective, with a kind of ending foreshadowing a series that I didn't mind at all. The author fictionalises the town of Whittier in Alaska, where the majority of the residents live in one building. It's a neat "locked room" concept to play around with, & I found the multiplicity of POVs interesting. Although, as is often the case, I do wish the strong & silent female leads in these books have more humour/personality.
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The setting of a city where everyone lives in the same high-rise building is what really made this a stand-out listen for me. And…it‘s based on an actual city, called Whittier, Alaska. Look it up on YouTube, it‘s pretty neat. The final reveal at the end was a touch lackluster but wasn‘t predictable…so I‘m going to say this one is a winner and it has separate narrators for each POV…which I love.
pickMettier, Alaska is a small town where all 205 residents live in a single high rise. And the people who live there relish their isolation as most of them have secrets to guard. Student Amy finds body parts on the beach bringing detective Cara to town looking for answers to her own personal tragedy while mentally challenged Lonnie grapples w things she's seen but doesn't understand. This was a good start to a new series & the narration was superb.
pickA grieving detective pursues a case she thinks might be connected to her family‘s death. It leads her to a town in Alaska so remote that all the inhabitants live in the same building. Then a storm comes and cuts the town off from the rest of the world.
so-soThis one was no literary masterpiece, but it was a ton of fun! A murder that takes place in a city in Alaska that is all in one building. A fantastic setting. A little cliche in parts, but a good read/listen nevertheless.
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𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐟 is 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐘𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚's gripping debut mystery. An isolated Alaskan town accessible only via a 2.5-mile long tunnel inspired it, but the fictionalized version & fascinating characters are products' of Yamashita's vivid imagination. It's the 1st volume in a compulsive, lushly descriptive, & atmospheric series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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“The ultimate locked room mystery, CITY UNDER ONE ROOF drops readers into an isolated, snowy town and is perfect for fans of Twin Peaks, Mare of Easttown, and Broadchurch.”
Sounds quite good….going to read it?
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pickThis thing takes off and. Does. Not. Quit. Alaska. A hand and foot have washed ashore.
The story is told through three women: a detective, a teenager, and the woman with the moose. The city is accessed by a single lane road through a 2 mile tunnel and is basically a city in one building. The claustrophobia ratchets up when a blizzard blows in and blocks the tunnel.
Everyone has a secret. Everyone. (Not the moose, but he has a backstory.) 👍
