Sam Malissa

Kotaro Isaka

By the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train, the high-octane new thriller, set in Tokyo’s criminal underworld, pits an ordinary man against a group of talented and very unusual assassins
Three Assassins is the high-stakes, high-style, and utterly propulsive follow-up to Kotaro Isaka’s international bestseller, Bullet Train, a Crime Reads "Most Anticipated Book of 2021."
    
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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Three Assassins

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Hidden in the beautiful park, a decidedly un-beautiful spot. A world away from the fountain that catches the light on sunny days, from the vivid shadow on the grass of a ball a father throws to his son, from anything wholesome. A damp hollow.

He returns to the park and cuts across the grounds, finding that the fountain is merrily spouting. The water makes an elegant curve through the air as it descends into the pond. The impact on the surface causes the reflections of the zelkova trees to ripple. The image of the bare branches on the pond looks like a complex network of blood vessels, pulsing vividly. All at once the stream from the fountain cuts out.

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