{"product_id":"strange-pictures-uketsu-hardcover","title":"Strange Pictures -- Uketsu, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Wonderfully innovative. . . . Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever. Seemingly unconnected stories tie themselves into a complicated knot, which Uketsu masterfully unravels.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eG. T. Karber, author of the national bestseller \u003cem\u003eMurdle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eUketsu is a disrupter, the master of quiet horror.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eJanice Hallett, internationally bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe spine-tingling mystery horror bestseller that has taken Japan by storm--an eerie fresh take on horror for fans of \u003cem\u003eHidden Pictures\u003c\/em\u003e and Junji Ito, in which a series of seemingly innocent pictures draws you into a disturbing web of unsolved mysteries and shattered psyches.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exploration of the macabre, where the seemingly mundane takes on a terrifying significance. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pregnant woman's sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA child's picture of his home contains a dark secret message.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth down a rabbithole that will reveal a horrifying reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructured 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.\u003cem\u003e Strange Pictures \u003c\/em\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Jim Rion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Uketsu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063433090","brand":"Uketsu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49663451758820,"sku":"9780063433090","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780063433090.jpg?v=1786953389","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/strange-pictures-uketsu-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}