A high-octane crime thriller with echoes of a Japanese Tarantino movie, Bullet Train finds five ruthless killers sharing the same locomotive as a suitcase full of cash leads to a dizzying array of double-crosses and plot twists.
Shortlisted for the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Prize 2022
Five killers are 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.
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?
A bestseller in Japan, Bullet Train is an original and propulsive thriller which fizzes with an incredible energy as its complex net of double-crosses and twists unwinds to the last station.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781529113396
Number of pages: 464
Weight: 327 g
Dimensions: 199 x 129 x 29 mm
An entertaining thriller... Kill Bill on wheels or a locked-room crime drama played out at 200mph - The Times
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 Times
Part high-octane thriller, part farce, this is an unusual and thoroughly enjoyable read - Laura Wilson, Guardian
The action accelerates up and down the ten carriages but the question is: who will get off alive? - Daily Mail
As the Shinkaisen train high speed train glides out of Tokyo station, bound for Morioka, the passengers settle down in their seats.
But not all of them. Instead of salarymen, families and people wanting to get from A...
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Slightly difficult one for me too write, as I found the plot a little too far fetched. But overall a thrilling ride.
Five killers travelling on a train to Shrinkansen to Tokyo all have the same goal to find a...
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Full of dark humour, this is an enjoyable romp on a train. There are numerous killers on a train on a journey that takes just a few hours. There are twists and double crosses galore, and some of the ideas are a lot... More
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