Three Assassins

“Three Assassins feels like a fever dream that makes sense when you’re in it but whose strange contours linger long after you wake up.” —New York Times. 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.