City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita

​A classic mystery trope: a crime in a remote spot, a killer hiding among the innocents Usually, the setting is an island or a creepy old manor. But how about a whole city living under one roof? Welcome to Point Mettier, Alaska: where body parts start washing ashore, and the big question is whether this even a crime or just a tragic accident. Cue the Anchorage PD sending in a detective, and you’ve got yourself a twisted tale.

City Under One Roof is told with three POVs, through the eyes of a detective, a teenage girl, and a mentally challenged woman—each with their own secrets and shady pasts. Spoiler: no one ends up in Point Mettier by accident. Expect quirky characters with dark secrets galore.

Yamashita’s pacing? Chef's kiss. You can tell she’s got screenwriting chops (she wrote Letters From Iwo Jima with Clint Eastwood). The action scenes? Straight out of a high-stakes thriller, complete with arctic chases and Wild West-style justice. But where she really nails it is in her character work, showing how life in the Alaskan wilderness twists people in unexpected ways. Trust me, the body parts are just the tip of the iceberg.