In 2000, Isaka won the Shincho Mystery Club Prize for his debut novel Ōdyubon no Inori, after which he became a full-time writer. Isaka quit his company job and focused on writing after hearing Kazuyoshi Saito's 1997 song "Kōfuku na Chōshoku Taikutsu na Yūshoku", and the two have collaborated several times. After graduating from the law faculty of Tohoku University, he worked as a system engineer. Isaka was born in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Kōtarō Isaka ( 伊坂幸太郎, Isaka Koutarou) is a Japanese author of mystery fiction.
Who will make it off the train alive-and what awaits them at the last stop? Award-winning author Kotaro Isaka takes readers on a tension packed journey as the bullet train hurtles toward its final destination. When the five assassins discover they are all on the same train, they realize their missions are not as unrelated as they first appear.Ī massive bestseller in Japan, Bullet Train is an original and propulsive thriller that fizzes with an incredible energy and surprising humor as its complex net of double-crosses and twists unwind.
like, is killing really wrong? Chasing the Prince is another assassin with a score to settle for the time the Prince casually pushed a young boy off of a roof, leaving him comatose. Risk fuels him as does a good philosophical debate. Satoshi, “the Prince,” with the looks of an innocent schoolboy and the mind of a viciously cunning psychopath, is also in the mix and has history with some of the others. Unbeknownst to him, the deadly duo Tangerine and Lemon are also after the very same suitcase-and they are not the only dangerous passengers onboard. Nanao, nicknamed Lady Bird-the self-proclaimed “unluckiest assassin in the world”-boards a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka with one simple task: grab a suitcase and get off at the next stop. A dark, satirical thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, following the perilous train ride of five highly motivated assassins-soon to be a major film from Sony
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