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By (author) Uketsu; Translated by Rion, Jim

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Eleven strange buildings. One terrible secret.A lonely hut in the woods. A murder house. A hidden chamber. A mysterious shrine. A home in flames. A nightmarish prison…Each of the buildings in this book tells a chilling story. Each one is part of a puzzle.Look closely… and you”ll see that everything is connected.All leading to a revelation so horrifying you won”t want to believe it.Millions of readers have become addicted to solving Uketsu”s dark mysteries.Strange Buildings is the strangest, and darkest, of them all.

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–PRAISE FOR UKETSU”S MYSTERIES

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Uketsu”s strange riddles are chilling and addictive – I couldn”t put it down

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A labyrinthine and multilayered horror mystery

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Deliciously unsettling and refreshingly unique, Strange Houses will lure you in and keep you captive with every clever twist

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I”m hooked on these chilling and twisted mysteries. Give me everything Uketsu writes – I”ll read it in a single day, and I will not be accepting interruptions

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A macabre, unsettling box of tricks

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Part Rubik”s Cube, part Russian doll, part kaleidoscope and altogether irresistible. Strange Pictures is heady, giddy, genre-blurring stuff and so fizzy with invention and possibility that I almost pity the next novel I read

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This refreshingly original, eerie treat of a puzzle invites the reader to immerse themselves in the darkest of mysteries. So captivating I read it in a day. So disturbing I thought about it all night. Uketsu is a disrupter, the master of quiet horror

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I loved it! It has the twists and fair-play style of a Golden Age whodunit, mixed with a wonderfully innovative use of illustrations. Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever. Seemingly unconnected stories tie themselves into a complicated knot, which Uketsu masterfully unravels

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A superlative puzzle made of multiple parts that interconnect in unexpected ways, told inventively through pictures and text. Every twist and turn steepens the sense of foreboding. Original, intricate and deeply unsettling. I”ve never read anything like it

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Absolutely loved this clever little banger. An addictive murder mystery that unfolds like pointillism on the page: only when you reach the end, step back and view the bigger picture does each of its parts click into place. Exceptional!

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A short horror novel that unspools like a haunted architectural puzzle… Deeply unsettling –

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He”s the biggest crime writer in Japan – now Uketsu”s set to become a UK sensation

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An intricately woven, at times unsettling, but always mesmerising piece of work

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A creepy little delight of a brainteaser… Innovative and a lot of fun

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An engrossing mystery and suspense novel that comes to a deeply gratifying conclusion

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This intricate puzzle box is a must for horror fans

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An eerie reading experience like we”ve never seen before

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It reveals its structure slowly and teasingly. Cult appeal awaits it

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Uketsu understands how to build slow dread in a way that keeps you captivated

Biographical note:
Uketsu is an enigmatic Youtuber and author, specializing in horror and mystery, who has exploded onto the literary scene in Japan and around the world, becoming an international bestseller. He only ever appears online, wearing a mask and speaking through a voice changer. His true identity is unknown.Strange Pictures