{"product_id":"the-clock-house-murders-paperback","title":"The Clock House Murders (Paperback)","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"\"\u003eA deviously clever, locked room puzzle mystery from the celebrated Japanese author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eThe Decagon House Murders \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"\"\u003ethat’s perfect for fans of Uketsu’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003e Strange Houses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant detective Shimada Kiyoshi must save a team of paranormal investigators, trapped in an abandoned house, as they are picked off one-by-one!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRumor has it that the mysterious Clock House—a remote mansion built by notorious architect Nakamura Seiji for a long-dead clock enthusiast— is haunted by the ghost of a young girl, who died there 10 years earlier. No one is more intrigued by this than the investigating team from the paranormal magazine CHAOS. They decide to visit the mansion, along with a psychic medium, in an attempt to make contact with the spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plan is for the group of investigators to spend three days locked in the house, but their stay has barely begun when a gruesome murder is committed. And then the survivors find that they are trapped in the house, with no possibility of escape…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, the brilliant detective Shimada Kiyoshi is investigating the enigma of The Clock House from the outside, eager to unravel the mystery of another of Nakamura Seiji’s twisted architectural creations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as his investigation proceeds, the team inside the house are being slaughtered one-by-one. Will Shimada crack the puzzle of the Clock House before all of them are dead?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe latest installment in Yukito Ayatsuji’s thrilling Bizarre House Mysteries series, this stand-alone puzzle mystery is par-excellence by a master of the form, packed with twists and culminating in a jaw-dropping, unforgettable solution.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eYukito Ayatsuji\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(born 1960) is a Japanese writer of mystery and horror novels and one of the founding members of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan, dedicated to the writing of fair-play mysteries inspired by the Golden Age Greats. He started writing as a member of the Kyoto University Mystery Club, which has nurtured many of Japan's greatest crime writers. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Decagon House Murders\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Mill House Murders\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Labyrinth House Murders \u003c\/span\u003eare also available from Pushkin Vertigo.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style='outline: 0px; position: absolute; bottom: 0px; width: 660.609px; z-index: 2; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \"Amazon Ember\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; opacity: 1;'\u003e\u003ca role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}' style=\"color: rgb(33, 98, 161); display: inline-block; min-height: 24px; align-content: center;\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-collapse\" style=\"background-image: none; background-size: 400px 900px; background-repeat: no-repeat; display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; margin-right: 0.385em; width: 7px; height: 7px; background-position: -94px -293px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); border-image: initial; border-width: 0px 2px 2px 0px; padding: 3px; opacity: 1; margin-left: 2px; transform: rotate(-135deg); margin-top: -1px;\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45108255785167,"sku":"9781805335269","price":24.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_8d052be3-176b-4775-9bbd-a138be32a6f8.jpg?v=1779938481","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/the-clock-house-murders-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}