Excerpt from City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Chapter Two
Cara

The windshield wipers of the Chevy Suburban flapped in double time, trying to cut through the vaporous shroud of fog that had cloaked Sanders Glacier Road. The radio repeated its announcement that "a severe early-winter weather system" was headed toward Point Mettier, but Cara planned to be in and out before it hit, just long enough to see if there was a case to reopen.

It wasn't the dismembered foot that caught her attention. She could buy the running theory of suicide victims, and buoyant shoes causing feet to detach from their decaying bodies. But that didn't explain how a hand washed up next to it, and that was why she was compelled like a moth to a flame on a sojourn to the sequestered town.

The not-unpleasant drive took her along a scenic highway that rimmed Cook Inlet - a finger path of water off the Gulf of Alaska pointing toward the majestic Kenai Mountains. For a moment, she even felt a sense of freedom on the road, with glimpses of civilization-devoid vistas that lulled her out of heavy thoughts. But then she remembered the task at hand and the possibility of a foul murder, and she sobered back up.

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