Strange Buildings (strange Houses Book 2)

By (author) Uketsu; Translated by Rion, Jim
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A Times and New York Times bestseller

The addictive mystery taking the world by storm, from the author of Strange Pictures

Eleven strange buildings. One terrible secret.

A lonely hut in the woods.

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, so far.

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What starts as a collection of quirky (albeit somewhat disquieting) short stories slowly builds into something much more menacing, with the final conclusion bringing together all the loose threads in a satisfyingly shocking way. A complex but highly enjoyable and addictive read
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This is Uketsu''s most epic mystery yet: 11 short puzzles, ingeniously brought together at the novel''s conclusion to reveal the deeply unsettling truth. I stayed up late reading it. This is the definition of a just-one-more-chapter book
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An incredible tale that gets darker and darker as the puzzles are solved and the pieces fall into place. This really is a remarkable piece of work; one that chills and delights in equal measure, and has to be read to be believed
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Dark, inventive and disturbingly clever, Strange Buildings transforms architecture into a riddle that readers are invited to solve
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From the viral sensation behind Strange Pictures comes another addictive mystery... Strange Buildings may be Uketsu''s darkest work yet
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Fiction that feels interactive without being gimmicky... Strange Buildings [is] arguably his most fully realised book so far
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Very creepy and a touch Tales From The Unexpected... but much darker
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No one else is doing fiction like Uketsu right now
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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