Three Assassins
A propulsive thriller from the Japanese bestseller and award-winning author of Bullet Train
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4.0 • 22 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
Three killers. One plan. No one gets out clean.
When Suzuki’s wife is murdered, he infiltrates the criminal underworld to find those responsible - only to discover a trio of professional assassins, each with a signature method and a deadly philosophy.
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'.
Fast, funny and full of twists, Three Assassins spins revenge into a gripping and unputdownable ride.
‘Showcases Kotaro Isaka's Tarantinoesque blend of offbeat wit and stylised violence’ The Times
‘Highly entertaining... grips with plenty of twists’ Sunday Express
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Former math teacher Suzuki, the protagonist of this engrossing thriller from Isaka (Bullet Train), has an opportunity for revenge two years after a drunk driver killed his wife. He's concealed his past to join Fräulein, a company that ostensibly sells beauty products for women. In fact, the firm is a criminal organization, and its CEO, Terahara, is the father of the man who killed Suzuki's wife. Suzuki hopes his position will enable him to confront the killer, but then his supervisor informs him that he's under suspicion and can only prove his loyalty to Fräulein by murdering two people. Things get only more complicated when someone pushes Terahara's son into traffic, where he's fatally run over. Suzuki's assigned to track down the culprit. Meanwhile, two other killers are at work: the Whale, who has coerced more than 30 people to kill themselves, and the Cicada, who slaughters a family after its youngest member burns a homeless person to death. Isaka makes what could be an over-the-top narrative work through his depiction of an everyman protagonist in way over his head. Fans of Bullet Train won't be disappointed.
