« Dès l'instant où j'ai vu les plans, j'ai tout de suite pensé que c'était une étrange maison. » Un pigiste spécialisé dans le paranormal et l'horreur reçoit un jour la visite d'un homme qui envisage d'acheter une maison. Cependant, les plans de cette dernière sont plus qu'étranges, laissant supposer qu'il y a potentiellement eu des actes de maltraitance d'enfant à l'intérieur... Quel est donc le secret caché derrière ces curieux agencements de pièces ? Accompagné d'un architecte de renom, il va mener son enquête au sujet de cette drôle de bâtisse...
Saurez-vous décrypter les plans pour résoudre l'énigme ?
Un auteur spécialisé dans l'occulte est appelé par un ami qui voudrait son avis au sujet d'une maison qu'il compte acquérir à Tokyo. Ils montrent les plans à un architecte qui décèle d'étranges espaces sans fenêtres entre les murs.
À quoi servent-ils ? Est-ce une chambre d'enfant qui est cachée là ?
Quel est ce passage secret qui relie la maison au garage ?
Et qui était le précédent propriétaire de la maison, qui disparait du jour au lendemain ?
Ce que nos apprentis enquêteurs vont découvrir est terrifiant.
"Quel genre de personnes étaient les habitants de cette maison?"
Le plan d'une maison de Tokyo a laissé supposer qu'il s'y passait des choses anormales : un enfant y aurait été séquestré pour commettre des meurtres. C'est alors qu'une jeune femme, Yuzuki Miyae, déclare être persuadée que son mari a été assassiné par les habitants de cette étrange maison et révèle les plans d'une deuxième maison. L'architecte Kurihara ne tarde pas à mettre le doigt sur un point curieux concernant cette autre maison !!
Plus on regarde, plus ça devient étrange.
Un blog inquiétant, un enfant qui disparaît, un cadavre massacré, une jeune fille dans un centre de redressement... Quelle vérité choquante se dissimule dans ces « étranges images » ? !
Uketsu est l'écrivain le plus vendu au Japon, et le leader de la nouvelle vague des auteurs de thrillers et d'horreur. Artiste complet, il écrit, dessine, publie des vidéos d'horreur et de suspense et compose de la musique. On ne connaît pas sa véritable identité, il apparaît toujours vêtu de noir avec un masque blanc.
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 readers have become addicted to solving Uketsu's dark mysteries.
Strange Buildings is the strangest, and darkest, so far.
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 sensation Uketsu
A series of drawings made by a young woman before her death.
A child's disturbing picture of his home.
A desperate sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments.
Each contains a chilling warning.
Each reveals a terrible secret, hidden in plain sight.
Uketsu's eerie mysteries have captivated millions of readers. Can you find the clues in these strange pictures and uncover the sinister truth that connects them all?
Readers love Strange Pictures:
'Unlike anything I've read before... Insanely clever and imaginative'
'This unputdownable read delivers a perfectly constructed puzzle that comes together with a fantastic precision... The strange pictures are truly mesmerizing!'
The addictive million-copy bestseller mystery taking Japan by storm, from the author of The Times Bestseller Strange Pictures
A 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 Murder
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.
PRAISE FOR UKETSU
'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' - A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window
'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' - Alex Pavesi, author of Eight Detectives
'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!' - Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller
'An intricately woven, at times unsettling, but always mesmerising piece of work' - Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants
Based on the hit novel, this series follows a chilling mystery about a house designed for murder-which is now a live-action movie!
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 what dark secrets does it hold?
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 forwardwe must visit the house where her cousin was murdered.
¿Un dibujo puede ser suficiente para descubrir a un asesino?
Una mujer embarazada, un nino, una casa, un paisaje dibujado por la victima de un asesinato en su agonia final... El descubrimiento de nueve imagenes extranas, relacionadas con crimenes del pasado, conduce a una única verdad escalofriante. El lector se sentira como un detective desentranando pagina a pagina el hilo común que las une a todas.
Sasaki est membre d'un cercle d'occultisme. Un jour, son ami Kurihara lui parle de l'existence d'un blog sur lequel figure l'étrange message «Le crime que tu as commis», ainsi que le dessin d'une jeune femme dans le vent réalisé par une certaine Yuki, épouse de l'auteur du blog... Saurez-vous résoudre les mystères que cachent neuf étranges dessins??
TRAPPED IN THE PAST
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...
