{"product_id":"book-jcv1","title":"Strange Pictures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA SPOTIFY BEST MYSTERY AUDIOBOOK OF 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eUketsu is a disrupter, the master of quiet horror.”\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJanice Hallett, internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever. Seemingly unconnected stories tie themselves into a complicated knot, which Uketsu masterfully unravels.”\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eG. T. Karber, author of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eMurdle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe spine-tingling \"triumphant international debut\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\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.\u003ci\u003e Strange Pictures \u003c\/i\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\u003ci\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Jim Rion.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSupplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49397657862448,"sku":"BDjcv1","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49397657796912,"sku":"ZEjcv1","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49397657829680,"sku":"ZMjcv1","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/jcv1-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776522133","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-jcv1","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}