Shutter (Rita Todacheene #1)

Holly says: I discovered author Emerson, a Diné writer and filmmaker, at the 2024 Santa Fe International Literary Festival, where she moderated a fantastic conversation with Tommy Orange. Shutter, her first novel, tells the story of Rita, a forensic photographer who also sees ghosts—and they often want revenge. It artfully blends flashbacks to Rita’s youth and her current struggle to identify the rotten cops behind recent deaths she’s been assigned to photograph. I recommend a strong stomach as content warnings apply: this book starts with a frank description of a woman’s violent death. However, I really enjoyed Rita’s story and look forward to the sequel, Exposure.