Wang Chen, a former architectural draftsman, was wrongfully forced to quit after a "floor plan mishap" and switched careers to become a blogger who reviews secondhand home layouts. He built a huge following by dissecting bizarre floor plans with rigorous analysis, but he never expected the "strange houses" submitted by his fans to hide secrets more terrifying than their layouts...
Behind the wall of a windowless children's room lies a hidden passage. Strange water stains seep beneath an unused hallway in a cramped old apartment. A specially designed kitchen in a retirement home conceals a safety hazard. A windowless wine cellar in a luxury villa holds clues to a missing person. Even an apparently welcoming retirement community hides a black-market deal...
From secondhand homes and demolition-zone apartments to retirement communities, from self-built houses in urban villages to private villas deep in the mountains, more than 20 eerie buildings and more than 20 criminal floor plans. Every illogical design is a carefully laid-out blueprint for crime. All the clues point to Shengjing Construction, a local real estate giant, exposing a criminal network involving unlawful confinement, money laundering, insurance fraud, and organ trafficking. They also conceal the truth behind the frame-up that ruined Wang Chen years ago!
When floor-plan deduction meets urban suspense, and an armchair detective faces an ultimate conspiracy, Wang Chen brings his measuring tape and his obsession to tear away every building's disguise and expose a real estate scandal spanning four decades.
Houses are meant to be lived in, not used for crime.
This time, he'll bring every "abnormal house" back into the light!
To the readers: Random thoughts on the first two volumes of "These Houses Are Not Normal" Hello everyone, I'm King's Morning, the author of "These Houses Aren't Normal". The first two volumes, from the breakthrough of the single case of the windowless child prison cell to the unfolding criminal network of 10 strange houses, have completed the initial setup of the story.
I've read more than 10 chapters and the subject matter seems quite novel, but each chapter is too long. I suggest breaking it down into smaller parts. Although it's enjoyable to read that way, it gets a bit tiring after a while.
I've read the first volume and I think it's pretty good. After reading so many books, I've finally found one I like! 🧡ྀི💛ྀི❤️ྀི
The novel uses a series of illogical house layouts as its theme, telling a series of suspenseful stories that take place in different houses. The stories are full of horror, but in the end, they all reveal the evil in human nature.
Give me some support, I hope it will give me a different feeling.
It looks pretty good so far.