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.
(..) - Suspicious? - Yeah. Where'd they go? Is it hard to get to be in the Secret Service? Why? I was just curious, 'cause I think I'd be good at it. I'm very observant. I was in the Marine Corps. I'm good with crowds. I notice there's a little pin there. (..)1976 Taxi Driver