Village in the Dark

Welcome to my reading corner , where we talk about the books I've read and think you should know about , and that you might be interested in. From the bad to good, to even audio books and before you ask you did read that right,buts its a new a year and I'm slowly getting in to them but I'm still going to be reading more books then audio books , each month the plan is to try and listing to 2 or 3 audio books and then talk about them , so pull up a set and if you want to get a drink. 

For this book chat the book will be 

Village In The Dark

Author : Iris Yamashita

Published by  Berkley Publishing Group, Berkley

Pub date : Feb 13,2024

Genres :  Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Police procedural

Pages :289

Format :ARC 

Source:Berkley & NetGalley 

Series :Cara Kennedy #2

Rating : 4

Would I recommend it ? Yes 

Would I read more of this series ? Yes , in fact I added the first book to my wish list along with this one.

Would I read more by this author ? Yes

Now on to my thoughts 

First off like I do each and every time I want to give a  big thanks to the publisher Berkely as well as to the author ,and Netgalley for the invite to read and review Village in the Dark , not only is this a new to my series but also a new to me author Even though this is a second book in a series I actually liked it ,one  I enjoyed it so much was that  I actually know a little bit about the place the author used in her story since I remembered watching a show about it on YouTube so that made the story even more interesting, and a bit different from anything I've read  before , and second it used one of my all time favorite tropes in it and that's the story takes place in a isolated region where there is only one way in and one way out, and you have no idea what's going to happen with each turn of the page. The author brought not only the building to life but also her characters and places that she was talking about to a point it felt that you could reach out and touch them. 

Detective Cara Kennedy thought she’d lost her husband and son in an accident, but harrowing evidence has emerged that points to murder--and she will stop at nothing to find the truth in this riveting mystery from the author of City Under One Roof.

On a frigid February day, Anchorage Detective Cara Kennedy stands by the graves of her husband and son, watching as their caskets are raised from the earth. It feels sacrilegious, but she has no choice. Aaron and Dylan disappeared on a hike a year ago, their bones eventually found and buried. But shocking clues have emerged that foul play was involved, potentially connecting them to a string of other deaths and disappearances. 

 

Somehow tied to the mystery is Mia Upash, who grew up in an isolated village called Unity, a community of women and children in hiding from abusive men. Mia never imagined the trouble she would find herself in when she left home to live in Man’s World. Although she remains haunted by the tragedy of what happened to the man and the boy in the woods, she has her own reasons for keeping quiet.

 

Aided by police officer Joe Barkowski and other residents of Point Mettier, Cara’s investigation will lead them on a dangerous path that puts their lives and the lives of everyone around them in mortal jeopardy.

About the author

Born in Missouri, raised in Hawaii and having lived in Guam, California, and Japan, Iris Yamashita was able to experience a diversity of culture while growing up. She studied engineering at U.C. San Diego and U.C. Berkeley and also spent a year at the University of Tokyo studying virtual reality. Her first love, however, has always been fiction writing which she pursued as a hobby on the side.

Iris submitted her first screenplay to a competition where she was discovered by an agent at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) who offered to represent her. Her big break came when she was recruited to write the script LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA for Clint Eastwood. LETTERS was named “Best Picture” by both the National Board of Review and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It received a Golden Globe award for “Best Foreign Language Film” of 2006 and was nominated for 4 Oscars including “Best Picture” and “Best Original Screenplay.” 

CITY UNDER ONE ROOF is her debut mystery novel set in a tiny Alaskan town where everyone lives in a single high-rise building.

Iris continues to work in Hollywood, developing for both film and streaming media and has also dabbled in writing a musical for a Japanese theme park with Tony Award-winning composer, Jeanine Tesori. She has taught screenwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles and the American Film Institute.