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Three Assassins

A Novel

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From the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train comes the high-octane new thriller, set in Tokyo's criminal underworld, that pits an ordinary man against a group of talented and very unusual assassins.

Suzuki is an ordinary man until his wife is murdered. To get answers and his revenge, Suzuki abandons his law-abiding lifestyle and takes a low-level job with a front company operated by the crime gang Maiden, who are responsible for his wife's death. Before long, Suzuki finds himself caught up in a network of quirky and highly effective assassins.

The Cicada is a knife expert. The Pusher nudges people into oncoming traffic. The Whale whispers bleak aphorisms to his victims until they take their own lives.

Intense and electrifying, Three Assassins delivers a wild ride through the criminal underworld of Tokyo, populated by contract killers who are almost superhumanly good at their jobs.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 27, 2022
      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. Agent: Yuma Terada, CTB.

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      Those who read or watched Isaka's prior English release, Bullet Train, will be at home in his realm of otherworldly assassins. The adrenaline level runs lower in this follow-up novel, as the main protagonists are a cocky young assassin who wants to make a name for himself, a man who murders by dolefully talking people into killing themselves, and an extremely clueless everyman forced to track down a silent and invisible killer. Adam Sims's laconic, snarky delivery for all characters reinforces this slower pace. The introspective nature of the text allows Sims to bestow powerful anxiety on listeners as the murderers menace the neighborhood with their conflicting and ever-changing goals. Sims gives each character a distinct voice, reserving more pleasant ones for kinder characters and sometimes running to shrill for petty ones. Sims's careful attention to each character will guide listeners through the almost surreal, slightly nonsensical world of Japanese assassins. VERDICT While not for everyone, fans of Isaka's hallucinatory style will enjoy another foray into the assassins' world and hope for more volumes to be translated.--Matthew Galloway

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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