Strange Houses

Deliciously unsettling and refreshingly unique, Strange Houses will lure you in and keep you captive with every clever twist. –Kristen Perrin, New York Times bestselling author of How to Solve Your Own Murder

From the bestselling author of the wildly inventive Strange Pictures and a phenomenon in Japan comes a mystery unlike any you’ve encountered before. Imagine opening a real estate listing and discovering something sinister lurking in the floor plans themselves—unnatural layouts, trap doors, windowless rooms, and dead spaces that shouldn’t exist.

When a writer with a taste for the macabre is approached about investigating an eerie Tokyo house for sale, what begins as architectural curiosity spirals into something far more chilling. The building seems perfect at first glance, bright and spacious, but its blueprints reveal disturbing secrets hidden between the walls. With the help of his architect friend Kurihara, the writer begins to uncover a pattern of disappearances, mysterious designs, and a conspiracy that reaches far beyond a single property.

What makes Strange Houses truly remarkable is its innovative structure—built around a series of haunting floor plans that invite you to become the detective. As bodies appear and more houses surface, you’ll find yourself studying each layout, searching for clues, piecing together a puzzle that’s both architectural and psychological.

Perfect for fans of atmospheric horror and cerebral mysteries, this Japanese sensation translated by Jim Rion brings something genuinely original to the genre. It’s the kind of book that makes you look at buildings differently—and wonder what might be hiding in the spaces you can’t see.

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