Murder in the Crooked House by Sōji Shimada, Louise Heal Kawai (Translator) she was cursed by jealous

she was cursed by jealous wives to live in this form for the rest of her days

Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death

Lara's got enough problems of her own

sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world

but the fate of the entire world

Murder in the Crooked House by Sōji Shimada, Louise Heal Kawai (Translator) she was cursed by jealousThe Crooked House sits on a snowbound cliff at the remote northern tip of Japan. A curious place to build a house, but even more curious is the house itself a maze of sloping floors and strange staircases, full of bloodcurdling masks and uncanny dolls. When a guest is found murdered in seemingly impossible circumstances, the police are called. But they are unable to solve the puzzle, and more bizarre deaths follow. Enter Kiyoshi Mitarai, the renowned