Strange Pictures

The spine-tingling "triumphant international debut" of the New York Times bestselling author of Strange Buildings and Strange Houses-- a series of seemingly innocent pictures draws readers into a disturbing web of unsolved mysteries and shattered psyches. An exploration of the macabre, where the seemingly mundane takes on a terrifying significance. . . . A pregnant woman`s sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning. A child`s picture of his home contains a dark secret message. A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth down a rabbit hole that will reveal a horrifying reality. Structured around these nine childlike drawings, each holding a disturbing clue, Uketsu invites readers to piece together the mystery behind each and the over-arching backstory that connects them all. Strange Pictures is the internationally bestselling debut from mystery horror YouTube sensation Uketsu--an enigmatic masked figure who has become one of Japan`s most talked about contemporary authors.