{"product_id":"strange-houses-1","title":"Strange Houses","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe addictive million-selling mystery taking Japan by\nstorm, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller Strange\nPictures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA twisty puzzle in which the reader is the detective,\nexamining a series of creepy floorplans for clues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Deliciously unsettling and refreshingly unique, \u003ci\u003eStrange\nHouses\u003c\/i\u003e will lure you in and keep you captive with every clever twist’\n– Kristen Perrin, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Solve Your Own Murder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA sinister hidden room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA dead space between two walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA sealed cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA child's face glimpsed at a window.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEvery house hides secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut some secrets are far darker than others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMore than a million readers have discovered the terrible\ntruth behind these strange houses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNow it's your turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR UKETSU\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Part Rubik's Cube, part Russian doll, part kaleidoscope\nand altogether irresistible. \u003ci\u003eStrange Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e is heady, giddy,\ngenre-blurring stuff and so fizzy with invention and possibility that I almost\npity the next novel I read’ – A.J. Finn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the\nWindow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A superlative puzzle made of multiple parts that\ninterconnect in unexpected ways, told inventively through pictures and text.\nEvery twist and turn steepens the sense of foreboding. Original, intricate and\ndeeply unsettling. I've never read anything like it’ - Alex Pavesi, author\nof \u003ci\u003eEight Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Absolutely loved this clever little banger. An addictive\nmurder mystery that unfolds like pointillism on the page: only when you reach\nthe end, step back and view the bigger picture does each of its parts click\ninto place. Exceptional!’ - Alice Slater, author of \u003ci\u003eDeath of a\nBookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘An intricately woven, at times unsettling, but always\nmesmerising piece of work’ - Ian Moore, author of \u003ci\u003eDeath and Croissants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJim Rion has lived in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan since\n2004. He began professionally translating Japanese to English in 2015,\nprimarily in cultural and travel fields. From 2018, he began working with local\nsake brewers on international expansion, and in 2022 Stone Bridge Press\npublished his book Discovering Yamaguchi Sake, a guide to all the sake\nbreweries in his home prefecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe has published translations of two horror\/Cthlulhu mythos\nbooks with (now defunct) publisher Kurodahan Press, and from 2022 began working\nwith Pushkin Vintage on translating Japanese crime and mystery fiction into\nEnglish. The first work, The Devil’s Flute Murders by Yokomizo Seishi, was\npublished in 2023. From January 2025, his translation of Strange Pictures by\nUketsu was on sale in the United States and the United Kingdom, soon to be\nfollowed by Strange Houses and Strange Buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44808872001743,"sku":"9781805335375","price":22.84,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_c86e92a7-32b9-474a-be1b-c97d3210cad2.jpg?v=1769589764","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/strange-houses-1","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}