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Bullet Train

Bullet Train

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Five killers find themselves 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.

© Kotaro Isaka 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Reviews

  • Entertaining...high-speed...with lots of twists and turns...it has a Tarantino-meets-the-Coen-Brothers feel to it.

    The Times

  • The action accelerates up and down the ten carriages but the question is: who will get off alive?

    Daily Mail

  • Isaka knows how to keep his readers on their toes. His characters are colourful, varied and morally despicable...there's much more to it than a thrill-a-minute action fix. It's dark, funny, absurd and it certainly boast the most interesting bunch of characters we've seen in a while.

    Crime Fiction Lover

  • An entertaining thriller and a farce with a high body count... Kill Bill on wheels or a locked-room crime drama played out at 200mph

    The Times

  • Highly original

    Literary Review

About the Author

Kotaro Isaka

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 twelve of his books have been adapted for film or TV.

Kotaro Isaka

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Features

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Kōtarō Isaka’s thriller Bullet Train is hurtling to British readers after becoming a runaway success in Japan. It is the latest, Jake Kerridge explains, in a long line of crime books set on the sleepers.

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