Shortlisted for theCWA Crime Fiction in Translation Prize 2022
Five killers are on a bullet train from Tokyo competing for a suitcase full of money. Who will make it to the last station An original and propulsive thriller from a Japanese bestseller.
Satoshi looks like an innocent schoolboy but he is really a viciously cunning psychopath. Kimura's young son is in a coma thanks to him,and Kimura has tracked him onto the bullet train heading from Tokyo to Morioka to exact his revenge. But Kimura soon discovers that they are not the only dangerous passengers onboard.
Nanao,the self-proclaimed'unluckiest assassin in the world',and the deadly partnership of Tangerine and Lemon are also travelling to Morioka. A suitcase full of money leads others to show their hands. Why are they all on the same train,and who will get off alive at the last station
A bestseller in Japan,Bullet Train is an original and propulsive thriller which fizzes with an incredible energy as its complex net of double-crosses and twists unwinds to the last station.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781529113396Number of pages: 464Weight: 319 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 27 mm
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'An entertaining thriller... Kill Bill on wheels or a locked-room crime drama played out at 200mph'- The Times
'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'- Laura Wilson,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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