Strange Pictures

A BARNES AND NOBLE BEST BOOK OF 2025 'Uketsu's strange riddles are chilling and addictive - I couldn't put it down.' --R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface 'Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever. Seemingly unconnected stories tie themselves into a complicated knot, which Uketsu masterfully unravels.'--G. T. Karber, author of the national bestseller Murdle 'Wonderfully complex and carefully crafted . . . Uketsu keeps readers guessing until the very end.' --New York Times Book Review The spine-tingling 'triumphant international debut' (Publishers Weekly starred review) that has taken Japan by storm--an eerie fresh take on mystery-horror in which a series of seemingly innocent pictures draws you 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