False Pretense

« Vous voulez du plus noir encore ? Tant mieux. Moi aussi. Ce qui fait de moi votre frère de sang. » Stephen King.

« Je vais tuer 13 innocents et 1 coupable. Ainsi, ceux qui ont causé la mort de l’innocent souffriront. Il s’agit d’un acte d’EXPIATION. » Quatorze citoyens dans le viseur d’un prétendu justicier. Signée d’un certain Bill Wilson, la lettre, parvenue à la police de Buckeye City, sème la panique. Surtout lorsqu’il apparaît que le meurtrier choisit ses victimes au hasard. Militante des droits de la femme, Kate McKay vient de se lancer dans une tournée de conférences sulfureuses aux États-Unis. Sans prendre au sérieux les menaces d’un individu qui semble déterminé à la faire taire à tout prix.…

*Perfect for fans of Uketsu's Strange Pictures and Strange Houses* A twisty and ingenious stand-alone classic Japanese murder mystery from the author of The Decagon House Murders Can the brilliant Kiyoshi Shimada solve the mystery of this bizarre house before all those trapped in its labyrinth are dead? Can you guess the solution before he does? Miyagaki Yōtarō is one of Japan's most famed mystery writers, but several years ago he put down his pen and left the Tokyo literary world for a life of seclusion in the remote Labyrinth House, built by the notorious architect Nakamura Seiji. When fo…

From the New York Times bestselling author of Strange Buildings and Strange Houses comes another infernal puzzle centered around an ancient map that contains the key to a deserted coastal village, an inexplicable fatal accident, and a tunnel steeped in ill fortune. A demonic map hidden for years. A confession from beyond the grave. A cold tunnel beneath a mountain. A train smeared in blood. An ancient evil that can kill. After college student Kurihara’s mother passes away, he joins his father on a trip to the town where she was born. But upon arriving, he immediately senses that something i…

Usher’s Passing is about descendants of the Usher family from Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Fall of the House of Usher.” The house of usher is built on death itself—and now it has a new master… For generations the House of Usher has grown wealthier and more powerful on the invention and sale of murderous military weapons. But another evil has lived and grown within the House of Usher—a legacy of depravity of bloodshed that goes back generations, and stains the hallways of the family mansion. One young heir, Rix Usher, is reluctant to return home. But the House of Usher has chosen him t…