Kotaro Isaka

Na pervyj vzgljad, Mijake - obychnyj chelovek s obychnoj zhiznju; na rabote u nego postojannyj stress, ego zasovyvaet pod kabluk zhena i ne osobo uvazhaet syn. Neudivitelno, chto on tak chasto poseschaet svoego vracha. Za iskljucheniem togo, chto vrach na samom dele - ego rabotodatel. A sam Mijake - znamenityj naemnyj ubijtsa po klichke Zhuk-nosorog... Zhuk-nosorog - odin iz luchshikh v dele ustranenija ljudej, master na vse ruki. Tem ne menee doma steletsja kovrikom pered svoej zhenoj, starajas (bezuspeshno) predugadat ee nastroenija i zhelanija. Periodicheski khochet ujti na pokoj, no emu ne daet eto sdelat odin chelovek... Vrach - kurator naemnykh ubijts, odin iz glavnykh dispetcherov prestupnogo mira. Chelovek bez serdtsa, nervov i strastej. Pod vidom "patsientov" prinimaet naemnikov v svoej "klinike" i razdaet im zadanija, zamenjaja professionalnye terminy ubijts slovami "protsedura", operatsija", "udalenie opukholi"... Ne ljubit otpuskat ot sebja ispolnitelej. Zhuk-nosorog ustal ot ubijstv. Vrach govorit, chto brosit krovavyj biznes vozmozhno lish posle provedenija neskolkikh otvetstvennykh i dorogikh "operatsij". I vse oni svjazany s unichtozheniem drugikh professionalnykh ubijts. No poslednee takoe zadanie podvergaet opasnosti i samogo Mijake, i ego semju... Roman pereveden s japonskogo." Roman... demonstriruet tarantinovskoe sochetanie originalnogo ostroumija i stilizovannogo nasilija". - The Times"Ochen uvlekatelno i zakhvatyvajusche... Mnozhestvo tvistov - i stilnyj izjaschnyj final". - Sunday Express"Isaka znaet, kak derzhat svoikh chitatelej v naprjazhenii". - Crime Fiction LoverPerevodchik: Grigorjan Anait Surenovna

Iz Tokio v Morioka otpravljaetsja skorostnoj poezd - sinkansen. Na pervyj vzgljad, vse ego passazhiry - vpolne obychnye ljudi, eduschie po svoim obychnym delam. No koe-kto okazalsja zdes daleko ne sluchajno... Satoshi - kazhetsja bezobidnym shkolnikom, i pri etom 100% psikhopat. Umnyj, khitryj i ochen opasnyj; Kimura - byvshij killer, a teper prostoj rabotjaga i alkogolik v zavjazke; Mandarin i Limon - dvoe naemnikov ekstra-klassa; Sudzuki - dobrodushnyj shkolnyj uchitel; Nanao - "samyj neudachlivyj ubijtsa v mire", prozvannyj tak potomu, chto vsja ego zhizn - eto vechnaja chereda neprijatnostej; Malchik - syn krupnogo mafioznogo bossa; I koe-kto esche, so svoim osobym zadaniem... Eti ljudi v tselom nikak ne svjazany drug s drugom, i priveli ikh sjuda raznye obstojatelstva. No odna lish sluchajnost - i linii ikh zhiznej spletutsja v tugoj klubok. Daleko ne vse iz nikh doedut do svoej ostanovki. Potomu chto ochen trudno sojti zhivym s poezda ubijts... Perevodchik: Grigorjan Anait Surenovna

Predystorija ekshn-trillera v stile Tarantino "Poezd ubijts"Natsionalnyj bestseller JaponiiV chudovischnom chelovejnike Tokio, zanjatye kazhdyj svoi delom, kak kuznechiki mechutsja po gorodu chetyre pochti ne svjazannykh mezhdu soboj cheloveka. No skoro ikh svjaz stanet stol ochevidnoj, chto razorvat ee smozhet tolko smert... Sudzuki - byvshij shkolnyj uchitel, oderzhimyj zhazhdoj mesti za ubijstvo zheny. S etoj tselju on pronik v mir jakudza. No chto mozhet chelovek, ne sposobnyj razdavit dazhe bukashku? Khijoko - pomoschnitsa glavarja jakudza. Khitraja bestija podyskivaet dlja Sudzuki takoe zadanie, kotoroe opredelit: libo on s nimi, libo on trup. Tsikada - naemnyj ubijtsa bez nervov i morali. Imenno emu poruchajut samye grjaznye prestuplenija. Gorazdo vyshe ljudej etot psikhopat tsenit... ustrits, zhivuschikh u nego v akvariume. Kit - spetsialist ekstra-klassa, vynuzhdajuschij ljudej konchat zhizn samoubijstvom. Ili on shizofrenik, ili i vpravdu sposoben videt prizrakov svoikh zhertv i razgovarivat s nimi. A poka... syn glavarja jakudza pogibaet pod kolesami mashiny, kuda ego tolknul legendarnyj naemnik po klichke Tolkatel. I etot Tolkatel po raznym prichinam stanovitsja krajne nuzhen vsem chetverym. I togda oni nachinajut neumolimo dvigatsja navstrechu drug drugu i svoej sudbe... Roman pereveden s japonskogo"Etot roman kazhetsja likhoradochnym snom, kotoryj imeet smysl, kogda vy v nem nakhodites, no chi strannye ochertanija sokhranjajutsja esche dolgo posle togo, kak vy prosypaetes". - New York Times"Roman... demonstriruet tarantinovskoe sochetanie originalnogo ostroumija i stilizovannogo nasilija". - The Times"Zavorazhivajuschaja istorija o tom, kak zhizn odnovremenno desheva i dragotsenna, a proshloe nastigaet vsekh nas". - Guardian"Ochen uvlekatelno i zakhvatyvajusche... Mnozhestvo tvistov - i stilnyj izjaschnyj final". - Sunday Express"Eto tanets smerti, v kotorom uchastvujut naemnye ubijtsy - i chelovek, oderzhimyj mestju za smert svoej zheny". - Financial Times"Isaka znaet, kak derzhat svoikh chitatelej v naprjazhenii". - Crime Fiction LoverPerevodchik: Grigorjan Anait Surenovna

Good father or good assassin? Can he be both?- From the internationally bestselling author of BULLET TRAIN. Good dad or good assassin? Can he be both? From the internationally bestselling author of BULLET TRAIN- A seemingly ordinary family man tries to juggle his home life with his job as a hitman. Picture a mantis raising up its blades. It looks fearsome, but it's still just a tiny insect. The mantis actually thinks it can win. Even though it's tiny, it's still ready to fight to the death. Kabuto is an ordinary guy; stressed with work, hassled by his wife and disrespected by his son. No wonder he visits his doctor so often. Except 'the Doctor' is actually his handler, and Kabuto is a hired assassin. The 'prescriptions' the Doctor hands over are his unlucky targets. Because although Kabuto may seem like a small man at home, he's really good at killing people. Kabuto is worn out with the business of murder. He's trying to pay his way out of the Doctor's employment with a few last jobs. But the most lucrative contracts involve taking out other professional assassins and his final assignment puts both him and his family in danger.

Good dad or good assassin? Can he be both? From the internationally bestselling author of BULLET TRAIN: A seemingly ordinary family man tries to juggle his home life with his job as a hitman.*SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA STEEL DAGGER FOR BEST THRILLER*Kabuto is an ordinary guy; stressed with work, hassled by his wife and disrespected by his son. No wonder he visits his doctor so often. Except 'the Doctor' is actually his handler, and Kabuto is a hired assassin. The 'prescriptions' the Doctor hands over are his unlucky targets. Because although Kabuto may seem like a small man at home, he's really good at killing people. Kabuto is worn out with the business of murder. He's trying to pay his way out of the Doctor's employment with a few last jobs. But the most lucrative contracts involve taking out other professional assassins and his final assignment puts both him and his family in danger. Picture a mantis raising up its blades. It looks fearsome, but it's still just a tiny insect. The mantis actually thinks it can win. Even though it's tiny, it's still ready to fight to the death.'Unlike anything you're likely to have read before...white-hot with double-crosses' Financial Times, on Bullet TrainDon’t miss the next thrilling Kotaro Isaka book, HOTEL LUCKY SEVEN, available to pre-order now.

"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.

SUZUKI IS JUST AN ORDINARY MATHS TEACHER... UNTIL HIS WIFE IS MURDERED. Seeking justice, he leaves his old life behind to infiltrate the criminal gang responsible. What he doesn't realise is that he's about to get drawn into a web of the most unusual professional assassins, each with their own agenda:THE WHALE convinces his victims to take their own lives using just his words. THE CICADA is a talkative and deadly knife expert. THE PUSHER dispatches his targets in deadly traffic 'accidents'. Suzuki must take on the three assassins to avenge his wife - but can he keep his innocence in a world of seasoned killers? THEIR MISSION IS MURDER. HIS IS REVENGE. Don’t miss the next thrilling Kotaro Isaka book, HOTEL LUCKY SEVEN, available to pre-order now. PRAISE FOR BULLET TRAIN:'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 TimesPart high-octane thriller, part farce, this is an unusual and thoroughly enjoyable read' GuardianThe action accelerates up and down the ten carriages but the question is: who will get off alive? Daily Mail

NATSIONALNYJ BESTSELLER JAPONII. PRODANO OKOLO 1 MILLIONA KNIG. OZHIDAETSJa GRANDIOZNAJa KINOPREMERA. FILM DEVIDA LITCHA. V GLAVNOJ ROLI - BRED PITT. Iz Tokio v Morioka otpravljaetsja skorostnoj poezd - sinkansen. Na pervyj vzgljad, vse ego passazhiry - vpolne obychnye ljudi, eduschie po svoim obychnym delam. No koe-kto okazalsja zdes daleko ne sluchajno... Satoshi - kazhetsja bezobidnym shkolnikom i pri etom 100% psikhopat. Umnyj, khitryj i ochen opasnyj. Kimura - byvshij killer, a teper prostoj rabotjaga i alkogolik v zavjazke. Mandarin i Limon - dvoe naemnikov ekstra-klassa. Sudzuki - dobrodushnyj shkolnyj uchitel. Nanao - "samyj neudachlivyj ubijtsa v mire", prozvannyj tak potomu, chto vsja ego zhizn - eto vechnaja chereda neprijatnostej. Malchik - syn krupnogo mafioznogo bossa. I koe-kto esche, so svoim osobym zadaniem... Eti ljudi v tselom nikak ne svjazany drug s drugom, i priveli ikh sjuda raznye obstojatelstva. No odna lish sluchajnost - i linii ikh zhiznej spletutsja v tugoj klubok. Daleko ne vse iz nikh doedut do svoej ostanovki. Potomu chto ochen trudno sojti zhivym s poezda ubijts...

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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick From Kotaro Isaka, the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train, the high-octane thriller Three Assassins, set in Tokyo's criminal underworld, 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, he 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. "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

Cinco asesinos. Una recompensa. Qui n llegar al final del trayecto con vida? Nanao, conocido como el asesino m s desafortunado del gremio , sube a un tren bala de Tokio a Morioka con una sencilla tarea: robar una maleta y bajarse en la siguiente estaci n. Sin que l lo sepa, el mort fero d o de sicarios conocidos como Mandarina y Lim n tambi n busca la misma maleta, y ellos no son los nicos pasajeros peligrosos a bordo. Satoshi, el Pr ncipe , un joven de apenas catorce a os pero con la mente de un psic pata despiadado, se encontrar con Kimura, con quien tiene una cuenta que saldar. Cuando los cinco asesinos descubren que viajan todos en el mismo tren, se dan cuenta de que sus misiones est n m s conectadas de lo que pensaban. La pr xima gran pel cula protagonizada por Brad Pitt y Sandra Bullock

* NOW A MAJOR NEW FILM *FIVE KILLERS. ONE JOURNEY. BUT WHO WILL SURVIVE? Discover the original and propulsive thriller from the massive Japanese bestselling author. 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?(Bullet Train was originally published in Japan with the title Maria Beetle.)'A locked-room crime drama played out at 200mph' The Times'A high-octane thriller... Thoroughly enjoyable' GuardianDon’t miss the next thrilling Kotaro Isaka book, HOTEL LUCKY SEVEN, available to pre-order now. Readers are OBSESSED with Bullet Train: 'Original, quirky and highly entertaining''A dark-humoured, twisty thriller that's a lot of fun''One of the most addictive thrillers I've ever read... smart and cinematic''What an original novel! Exciting from beginning to end''A whole lot of darkly comic fun''A thrilling ride'

Five killers. One train journey. But who will survive? The original and propulsive thriller from a massive Japanese bestseller. SHORTLISTED FOR A CWA DAGGER AWARDSatoshi 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? Don’t miss the next thrilling Kotaro Isaka book, HOTEL LUCKY SEVEN, available to pre-order now.'A locked-room crime drama played out at 200mph' The Times'A high-octane thriller... Thoroughly enjoyable' GuardianReaders can't stop reading Bullet Train! 'Original, quirky and highly entertaining''A dark-humoured, twisty thriller that's a lot of fun''One of the most addictive thrillers I've ever read... smart and cinematic''What an original novel! Exciting from beginning to end''A whole lot of darkly comic fun''A thrilling ride'Bullet Train was originally published in Japan with the title Maria Beetle.

Bullet Train is an original and propulsive thriller that fizzes with incredible energy through a series of double-crosses and twists. "Fueled by a seductively explosive premise, it's fast, deadly, and loads of fun." (NPR's Fresh Air) An international bestseller and the basis for the major motion picture starring Brad Pitt. ​Kimura's young son is in a coma thanks to the Prince, and Kimura has tracked him onto a bullet train heading from Tokyo to Morioka to exact his revenge. But Kimura soon discovers that they are not the only dangerous passengers on board. Satoshi--the Prince--looks like an innocent schoolboy but is really a stylish and devious assassin. Risk fuels him, as does a good philosophical debate, such as questioning: Is killing really wrong? Nanao, nicknamed Ladybug, the self-proclaimed "unluckiest assassin in the world," is put on the bullet train by his boss, a mysterious young woman called Maria, to steal a suitcase full of money and get off at the first stop. The lethal duo of Tangerine and Lemon are also traveling to Morioka, and the suitcase leads others to show their hands. Why are they all on the same train, and who will make it off alive? Plus don't miss the next titles in Kotaro Isaka's Assassins Series: * Three Assassins * The Mantis * Hotel Lucky Seven

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