AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Uketsu’s strange riddles are chilling and addictive" - R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and YellowfaceFrom the bestselling author of Strange Houses and Strange Pictures comes a new unsettling mystery—eleven strange buildings, each with its own twisted floor plan and eerie backstory, and a terrible secret that connects them all...

“Deliciously unsettling and refreshingly unique, Strange Houses will lure you in and keep you captive with every clever twist.” —Kristen Perrin, New York Times bestselling author of How to Solve Your Own MurderFrom the bestselling author of the wildly inventive Strange Pictures and a phenomenon in Japan—unnatural layouts, trap doors, windowless rooms— a sinister conspiracy is concealed within a house’s warped and unsettli...

The addictive million-copy bestseller mystery taking Japan by storm, from the author of The Times Bestseller Strange PicturesA twisty puzzle in which the reader is the detective, examining a series of creepy floorplans for clues'Deliciously unsettling and refreshingly unique, Strange Houses will lure you in and keep you captive with every clever twist' - Kristen Perrin, author of How to Solve Your Own ...

THE TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'So captivating I read it in a day. So disturbing I thought about it all night' - Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal 'The twists of a Golden Age whodunit, mixed with a wonderfully innovative use of illustrations. Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever' - G.T. Karber, author of Murdle A Japanese mystery bestseller, revolving around a series of creepy drawings, in which the reader is the detective - from the YouTube sens...

A BARNES AND NOBLE BEST BOOK OF 2025“Uketsu’s strange riddles are chilling and addictive – I couldn’t put it down.” —R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface“Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever. Seemingly unconnected stories tie themselves into a complicated knot, which Uketsu masterfully unravels.”—G. T. Karber, author of the national bestseller

The addictive mystery taking the world by storm, from the author of The Times Bestseller 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...

I've always had a fascination with the occult; you might even call it my specialty. I've been brought in as a consultant on many supernatural and strange mysteries. But nothing could have prepared me for this house. It seemed so ordinary at first, except for that one room. It had no doors, no windows, and was tucked away, leaving anyone to think it was just a wall. I knew that there was something more to it. It shouldn't be there, it shouldn't exist, and yet... Just what is this house, and...

We paid Yuzuki's mother a visit and learned all about the Katabuchi family's dark past. The truth horrified us, but the family's haunting tale is still being spun. The ritual known as the "left-hand memorial service" binds them to this day, but Keita is determined to save Ayano--even if it means risking his own life...

The deeper I dig into the mystery of these strange houses, the more disturbing things get. Miyae-san's theories about the Saitama House were plenty chilling on their own, but with Kurihara's help, I've come to realize she's only scratched the surface of its secrets--literally. Why did it have a secret basement? And was it really used--as Kurihara suspects--as a morgue?Also adapted into a horror film called The Floor Plan!

As Yuzuki and I investigate the Katabuchi family home, our unease grows. What dark secrets has her family been hiding? The mysteries deepen, but at least one has been solved: the identity of You-chan's murderer. Yet that is only the beginning of the strange, disturbing truth...

Yuzuki is not who she claimed to be. I now know that her sister lived in the Tokyo house, but this murder mystery is far from solved. In fact, it's only getting stranger and more disturbing. After Yuzuki tells Kurihara and me about the tragedy that occurred just a week before her sister's disappearance, I realize there's only one path forward--we must visit the house where her cousin was murdered.

From the bestselling author of Strange Houses and Strange Pictures comes a mesmerizing novel of eleven strange buildings and 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 everythi...