Three Assassins

Three Assassins…showcases Kotaro Isaka’s Tarantinoesque blend of offbeat wit and stylised violence – James Owen * The Times *[A] mesmerising tale of how life is simultaneously cheap and precious, and the past catches up with us all. – Laura Wilson * Guardian *Highly entertaining… grips with plenty of twists before delivering a stylish and fitting finale – Jon Coates * Sunday Express *

Delivers an unusual journey. The eponymous killers - along with a man bent on paybackfor the death of his wife - are engaged in a dance of death

* Financial Times *Isaka knows how to keep his readers on their toes. His characters are colourful, varied and morally despicable. * Crime Fiction Lover *Entertaining…high-speed…with lots of twists and turns…it has a Tarantino-meets-the-Coen-Brothers feel to it * The Times, on BULLET TRAIN *Unlike anything you’re likely to have read before…white-hot with double-crosses * Financial Times, on BULLET TRAIN *High-octane…an unusual and thoroughly enjoyable read * Guardian, on BULLET TRAIN *

Kotaro Isaka (Author)

Kotaro Isaka is a bestselling and multi-award-winning writer who is published around the world. He has won the Shincho Mystery Club Award, Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Japan Booksellers’ Award and the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize and fourteen of his books have been adapted for film or TV. He is the author of the international bestseller Bullet Train, which was made into a major film starring Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock.

Sam Malissa (Translator)

Sam Malissa holds a PhD in Japanese Literature from Yale University. He has translated fiction by Toshiki Okada, Shun Medoruma, and Hideo Furukawa, among others.