Strange Buildings

Floor plans that do not quite make sense are the starting point for Uketsu's Japanese mystery, where architecture itself holds the evidence. Jim Rion's English translation carries a series of unsettling cases centred on unusual houses and hidden spaces, each seeming separate until small details begin to line up. The pleasure is in reading closely, checking diagrams and drawing conclusions ahead of the narrator, and the atmosphere stays cold rather than gory. What buyers should know: • English translation by Jim Rion of a Japanese bestseller • Cases linked by detail rather than a single continuous plot • Visual and diagrammatic clues that reward careful reading • Suspense built on unease instead of explicit horror A match for mystery readers who like puzzles and for followers of Japanese crime fiction, available at Boipoka.