A deviously clever locked room puzzle mystery from the celebrated Japanese author of The
Decagon House Murders that's perfect for fans of Uketsu's Strange Houses Brilliant detective
Shimada Kiyoshi must save a team of paranormal investigators trapped in an abandoned house as
they are picked off one-by-one! Rumor has it that the mysterious Clock House--a remote mansion
built by notorious architect Nakamura Seiji for a long-dead clock enthusiast-- is haunted by
the ghost of a young girl who died there 10 years earlier. No one is more intrigued by this
than the investigating team from the paranormal magazine CHAOS. They decide to visit the
mansion along with a psychic medium in an attempt to make contact with the spirit. The plan
is for the group of investigators to spend three days locked in the house but their stay has
barely begun when a gruesome murder is committed. And then the survivors find that they are
trapped in the house with no possibility of escape... Meanwhile the brilliant detective
Shimada Kiyoshi is investigating the enigma of The Clock House from the outside eager to
unravel the mystery of another of Nakamura Seiji's twisted architectural creations. But as his
investigation proceeds the team inside the house are being slaughtered one-by-one. Will
Shimada crack the puzzle of the Clock House before all of them are dead? The latest installment
in Yukito Ayatsuji's thrilling Bizarre House Mysteries series this stand-alone puzzle mystery
is par-excellence by a master of the form packed with twists and culminating in a jaw-dropping
unforgettable solution.
