Strange Houses

By (author) Uketsu; Translated by Rion, Jim
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A sinister hidden room. A dead space between two walls. A sealed cellar. A child''s face glimpsed at a window. Every house hides secrets. But some secrets are far darker than others. More than a million readers have discovered the terrible truth behind these strange houses. Now it''s your turn.
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Original and compelling, the book carves out a space between horror, crime and fantasy
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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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Uketsu''s strange riddles are chilling and addictive - I couldn''t put it down
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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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Perfect for lovers of crime fiction as a devious and clever puzzle. Uketsu has created something bold, intense and original. Elegantly mysterious, this brief novel is an absolute treat
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Uketsu is brilliant, disturbing and utterly, wildly entertaining, a great artist, a great storyteller and a great trickster
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Such an incredibly fun read... I am once again blown away by how it all unravelled
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A short horror novel that unspools like a haunted architectural puzzle... Deeply unsettling
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Readers will uncover the secrets of weird houses and will have puzzles to solve via words and floor plans to find the terrible truths at the heart of them
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With creeping tension and unnerving originality, this cements Uketsu as a fresh new voice in Japanese horror
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Another masterclass in the macabre... A creepy and complex puzzle mystery that almost defies explanation
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A sharp, suspense-packed novel that readers will likely race through in one sitting... A mystery that is as enigmatic as its author
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A remarkably original take on the crime thriller, which makes for a compelling read
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Uketsu expertly builds sprawling layers of bizarre revelations, and remarkably convinces with his controlled, methodical explanations about once-powerful multigenerational families, inheritance, sacrifice, loyalty. The angular, crisp floorplans enhancing the pages throughout underscore a sense of careful, contained planning, enticing and enthralling readers to undoubtedly believe. . . Japan''s enigmatic YouTube personality Uketsu returns with another perplexingly horrific mystery, Strange Houses, likely to unnerve yet certain to engross.
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Praise for Strange Pictures
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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. Or