The addictive success that has taken Japan by storm, from the author of the bestseller in The Times, Strange Pictures.

A twisting puzzle in which the reader is the detective, examining a series of frightening floor designs for clues.

"Tasty, unsettling, and refreshingly unique, Strange Houses will captivate you and hold you hostage with every clever twist" - Kristen Perrin, author of How to Solve Your Own Murder.

A sinister hidden chamber. A dead space between two walls. A sealed cellar. A child's face appears in a window.

Every house hides secrets. But some secrets are much darker than others.

Over one million readers have uncovered the terrifying truth behind these strange houses. Now it's your turn.

REVIEWS FOR UGETSU

"Part Rubik's Cube, part Russian nesting doll, part kaleidoscope and altogether irresistible. Strange Pictures is lively, indescribable, a genre that blurs and so full of ingenuity and possibilities that I almost pity the next novel I read" - A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window.

"An excellent puzzle of multiple parts interconnected in unexpected ways, narratively expressed through images and text. Each turn increases the sense of foreboding. Original, complex, and deeply unsettling. I have never read anything like this" - Alex Pavesi, author of Eight Detectives.

"I just loved this clever little masterpiece. An addictive murder mystery unfolding like a pop-up book: only when you reach the end do you step back and see the bigger picture, each part falling into place. Excellent!" - Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller.

"A intricately woven, occasionally unsettling but always enchanting work" - Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants.

Pages: 208, Dimensions: 13.5x13.5cm