Strange Buildings

Uketsu

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Strange Buildings

Strange Buildings

Uketsu

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Description

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 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, of them all.

Translated from the Japanese by Jim Rion

Critical Reviews

Praise for Uketsu's Chilling Mysteries
"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
"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." - Samantha Shannon, bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
"A wonderfully innovative use of illustrations. 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 Murdle
"Deliciously unsettling and refreshingly unique." - Kristen Perrin, New York Times bestselling author of How to Solve Your Own Murder
"Uketsu is a disrupter, the master of quiet horror." - Janice Hallett, internationally bestselling author of The Appeal
"So fizzy with invention and possibility that I almost pity the next novel I read." - A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window and End of Story
"A labyrinthine and multilayered horror mystery, full of cryptic images . . . wonderfully complex and carefully crafted . . . This is a story where revelations and new questions wait around every corner, and Uketsu keeps readers guessing until the very end." - New York Times Book Review
"[A] triumphant international debut ... with a surprisingly strong emotional core that will keep readers glued to the page until the unsettling conclusion. This intricate puzzle box is a must for horror fans." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Publishing Information

Publisher: Harpervia
Pub date: 2026-03-03
Length: 384 pages

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