Shutter
(Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)
Author:
Series:
Published:
Soho Press 2022
Format:
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Status:
Available from OverDrive
Description
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.
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.
Formats
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
OverDrive Read
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Details
Street Date:
08/02/2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781641293341
ASIN:
B09KWZG2XJ
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Ramona Emerson. (2022). Shutter. Soho Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ramona Emerson. 2022. Shutter. Soho Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ramona Emerson, Shutter. Soho Press, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ramona Emerson. Shutter. Soho Press, 2022.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
| Library | Owned | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Digital Collection | 1 | 1 |
| East Hampton Public Library | 0 | 0 |
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
3c66fb4b-be3d-54c6-f776-8a88fbae09e7
API Extraction Dates
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Dec 21, 2022 15:51:41
Date Updated:
Dec 30, 2023 12:19:04
Last Metadata Check:
Jul 09, 2025 18:48:14
Last Metadata Change:
Jun 23, 2025 05:35:48
Last Availability Check:
Jul 09, 2025 18:48:16
Last Availability Change:
Jul 09, 2025 18:48:16
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Jul 11, 2025 22:18:39
OverDrive Product Record
- readingOrder
- 1
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/{7DB3F722-0FA4-4C6D-80C8-5DDF792EA358}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0111-1/{7DB3F722-0FA4-4C6D-80C8-5DDF792EA358}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0111-1/{7DB3F722-0FA4-4C6D-80C8-5DDF792EA358}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0111-1/{7DB3F722-0FA4-4C6D-80C8-5DDF792EA358}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- formats
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781641293341
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B09KWZG2XJ
- name: Kindle Book
- id: ebook-kindle
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781641293341
- name: OverDrive Read
- id: ebook-overdrive
- identifiers:
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781641293334
- mediaType
- eBook
- primaryCreator
- role: Author
- name: Ramona Emerson
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- Shutter
- seriesId
- 1798585
- dateAdded
- 2022-12-22T01:38:00Z
- contentDetails
- href: https://link.overdrive.com?websiteID=242&titleID=7721961
- type: text/html
- account:
- name: LION: Libraries Online (CT)
- id: 1354
- sortTitle
- Shutter
- crossRefId
- 7721961
- series
- Rita Todacheene
- id
- 7DB3F722-0FA4-4C6D-80C8-5DDF792EA358
- starRating
- 3.5
OverDrive MetaData
- isPublicDomain
- False
- formats
- fileName: Shutter_7721961
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B09KWZG2XJ
- name: Kindle Book
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-kindle
- onSaleDate: 8/2/2022
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7db3f722-0fa4-4c6d-80c8-5ddf792ea358&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: Shutter_9781641293341_7721961
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781641293341
- name: OverDrive Read
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-overdrive
- onSaleDate: 8/2/2022
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7db3f722-0fa4-4c6d-80c8-5ddf792ea358&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- keywords
- value: crime fiction
- value: crime thriller
- value: drug cartel
- value: ghosts
- value: Ghost Stories
- value: Supernatural Horror
- value: paranormal mystery
- value: Coming of age
- value: native americans
- value: navajo
- value: mystery
- value: New Mexico
- value: Native American Literature
- value: forensics
- value: police procedurals
- value: native american mythology
- value: Native American fiction
- value: thriller books
- value: Murder mystery books
- value: mystery thriller suspense
- value: horror books
- value: horror books for adults
- value: thriller novels
- value: suspense thriller books
- value: native american books
- value: shudder book
- value: best thriller books 2023
- value: book club books recommendations 2023
- creators
- role: Author
- fileAs: Emerson, Ramona
- bioText: Ramona Emerson is a Diné writer and filmmaker originally from Tohatchi, New Mexico. She has a bachelor’s in Media Arts from the University of New Mexico and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts. After starting in forensic videography, she embarked upon a career as a photographer, writer, and editor. She is an Emmy nominee, a Sundance Native Lab Fellow, a Time-Warner Storyteller Fellow, a Tribeca All-Access Grantee and a WGBH Producer Fellow. In 2020, Emerson was appointed to the Governor’s Council on Film and Media Industries for the State of New Mexico. She currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she and her husband, the producer Kelly Byars, run their production company Reel Indian Pictures. Shutter is her first novel.
- name: Ramona Emerson
- imprint
- Soho Crime
- publishDate
- 2022-08-02T00:00:00Z
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- Shutter
- fullDescription
- 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. - seriesId
- 1798585
- popularity
- 3937
- links
- self:
- href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BPQEAAA20/products/7db3f722-0fa4-4c6d-80c8-5ddf792ea358/metadata
- type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
- shareInLibby:
- href: https://link.overdrive.com/share?q=6dN1ADHmp90
- type: text/HTML
- self:
- id
- 7db3f722-0fa4-4c6d-80c8-5ddf792ea358
- readingOrder
- 1
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/{7DB3F722-0FA4-4C6D-80C8-5DDF792EA358}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0111-1/{7DB3F722-0FA4-4C6D-80C8-5DDF792EA358}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0111-1/{7DB3F722-0FA4-4C6D-80C8-5DDF792EA358}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0111-1/{7DB3F722-0FA4-4C6D-80C8-5DDF792EA358}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- isPublicPerformanceAllowed
- False
- languages
- code: en
- name: English
- subjects
- value: Fiction
- value: Horror
- value: Literature
- value: Mystery
- publishDateText
- 08/02/2022
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781641293334
- mediaType
- eBook
- shortDescription
- 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... - accessibilityStatements
- additionalInformation:
- navigation:
- hazards:
- HazardsUnknown
- waysOfReading:
- NoInfoForModifiableDisplay
- SomeNonVisualReadingSupport
- conformance:
- NoInfoForStandards
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- richContent:
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- legalConsiderations:
- additionalInformation:
- sortTitle
- Shutter
- crossRefId
- 7721961
- classifications
- series
- Rita Todacheene
- publisher
- Soho Press
- bisacCodes
- code: FIC022040
- description: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
- code: FIC059000
- description: FICTION / Indigenous / General (see also Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island or Native American)
- code: FIC059060
- description: FICTION / Indigenous / Horror