Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.
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This week’s neglected book

Narrator: Charley Flyte
Series: Rita Todacheene #1
Published by Recorded Books on August 2, 2022
Genres: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
Length: 8 hours 52 minutes
Pages: 312
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Longlisted for the National Book Award
This blood-chilling debut set in New Mexico’s Navajo Nation is equal parts gripping crime thriller, supernatural horror, and poignant portrayal of coming of age on the reservation.
"A haunting thriller, written with exquisite suspense . . . This is a story that won't let you go long after you finish, and you won't want it to end even as you can't stop reading to find out how it does."
—Tommy Orange, author of There There
Rita Todacheene is a forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force. Her excellent photography skills have cracked many cases—she is almost supernaturally good at capturing details. In fact, Rita has been hiding a secret: she sees the ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues that other investigators overlook.As a lone portal back to the living for traumatized spirits, Rita is terrorized by nagging ghosts who won’t let her sleep and who sabotage her personal life. Her taboo and psychologically harrowing ability was what drove her away from the Navajo reservation, where she was raised by her grandmother. It has isolated her from friends and gotten her in trouble with the law.
And now it might be what gets her killed.
When Rita is sent to photograph the scene of a supposed suicide on a highway overpass, the furious, discombobulated ghost of the victim—who insists she was murdered—latches onto Rita, forcing her on a quest for revenge against her killers, and Rita finds herself in the crosshairs of one of Albuquerque’s most dangerous cartels. Written in sparkling, gruesome prose, Shutter is an explosive debut from one of crime fiction's most powerful new voices.
Why did I add Shutter to my bookshelf?
Since I am still under doctor’s orders not to read, I thought I should probably feature an audiobook this week. I picked up Shutter by Ramona Emerson in August 2022 and just haven’t had the chance to listen to it yet. Most of my friends on Goodreads that read this book enjoyed it and I think it sounds like a promising story. Hopefully, I can get to it sometime soon.
What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?
Shutter sounds interesting and, has such a unique plot! I hope you enjoy it.
I loved this one. Her main character has such a unique gift. Mad for a very fun mystery. And I hope your eyes are doing better!
This book is one I really wanted to read, still want to and hope I can fit in sometime.
I hope you are still listening to audiobooks and that you are healing well.
This is a new one for me, It sounds good though.
My TBR is miles long and gets longer every Tuesday (because I work in a bookstore and have the chance to put out the new publications every week). I remember this one coming out, but I haven’t read it! I think it’s on my TBR somewhere…
Well it is not that old so u have time
Audio books are always the answer! This one definitely sounds like it would keep you distracted.