Three Assassins
Three Assassins by Kōtarō Isaka, published by Harvill Secker in 2022, presents a gripping narrative centered around Suzuki, an ordinary man whose life takes a dark turn following the murder of his wife. In his quest for revenge, Suzuki infiltrates a criminal gang, unaware that he will encounter a trio of unique assassins, each with their own lethal methods and motivations. This edition contains 253 pages and is written in English.
Readers will find themselves immersed in a world where Suzuki must navigate the dangerous dynamics of professional killers, including The Whale, who manipulates his victims with words, The Cicada, a deadly knife expert, and The Pusher, who orchestrates fatal traffic incidents. As Suzuki confronts these assassins, the story delves into themes of justice and innocence amidst chaos. This work falls within the realms of fiction, mystery, and suspense, offering a complex exploration of crime and human motives.
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THEIR MISSION IS MURDER. HIS IS REVENGE.
Suzuki is just an ordinary man until his wife is murdered. When he discovers the criminal gang responsible he leaves behind his life as a maths teacher and joins them, looking for a chance to take his revenge. What he doesn’t realise is that he’s about to get drawn into a web of unusual professional assassins, each with their own agenda.
THE WHALE convinces his victims to take their own lives using just his words.
THE CICADA is a talkative and deadly knife expert.
THE PUSHER dispatches his targets in deadly traffic ‘accidents’.
Suzuki must take each of them on, in order to try to find justice and keep his innocence in a world of killers.
PRAISE FOR BULLET TRAIN:
‘Unlike anything you’re likely to have read before…white-hot with double-crosses’ Financial Times
‘Entertaining…high-speed…with lots of twists and turns…it has a Tarantino-meets-the-Coen-Brothers feel to it’ The Times
Part high-octane thriller, part farce, this is an unusual and thoroughly enjoyable read’ Guardian
The action accelerates up and down the ten carriages but the question is: who will get off alive? Daily Mail
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