The story of what really happened to them that day gets 'curiouser and curiouser'. [=stranger and stranger]
The 'curious' [='inquisitive'] reader can find more information in the back of the book.
By a 'curious' coincidence, they bought a house the same day their old one burned down.
(..) live together next year. So this was my way of easing you into it, you know? Getting you comfortable with the idea. I'm curious to see whether it worked. This is where you say... I'm in love with a sociopath? Wrong. Yes or no. I mean, it's your life. (..)2010 TvShow: Scrubs Title: Our Thanks Season: 9 Episode 13