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Strange Houses

The Chilling Japanese Mystery Sensation

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Strange Houses

By: Uketsu, Jim Rion - translator
Narrated by: Andrew Grace
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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 listener 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 Crime Fiction Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction
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Critic reviews

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’)
Uketsu is brilliant, disturbing and utterly, wildly entertaining, a great artist, a great storyteller and a great trickster
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Really interesting, quick read. Captivating story that’s easy to follow. Recommended to everyone and order the authors other books within minutes of finishing it

Great read

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Loved the premise but I found the names a little confusing about who was who. However this is my issue not the story.

Horror crime twists

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This was a very fun listen. I highly enjoyed the unique take on a murder mystery, and the narrator was brilliant in changing his voice to convey all the different characters.

Just a note that either keeping the PDF up or reading the eBook at the same time as listening is an absolute must, as the story won't make much sense without the floor plans and you will lose most of the fun without it.

A supremely fun and unique murder mystery

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Very different from the murder mysteries I usually read or listen to. Strange, mildly interesting but not worth the hype.

Definitely strange

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I absolutely loved every second of this book! The way the storyline unfolded made you want to know more and more and the accompanying floor plans made the story alot more fun.
I haven't listened to a story so captivating that actually made it hard for me to turn it off when I get to work! I just had to know what happens next!
I highly recommend it 👌

A masterpiece!

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