Strange Buildings: A Novel – A Chilling Journey Through Twisted Buildings from the Bestselling Author of Strange Houses 中国 and striving for total language

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Strange Buildings: A Novel – A Chilling Journey Through Twisted Buildings from the Bestselling Author of Strange Houses 中国 and striving for total languageAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Uketsus strange riddles are chilling and addictive" R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface From the bestselling author of Strange Houses and Strange Pictures comes a new unsettling mysteryeleven strange buildings, each with its own twisted floor plan and eerie backstory, and a terrible secret that connects them all. A lonely hut in the woods. A murder house. A hidden chamber. A