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Un treno partito da Tokyo e lanciato a trecento all'ora nella campagna giapponese. Una valigia piena di soldi nascosta in una delle carrozze. E sette assassini pronti a entrare in azione. Oji ha la faccia innocente di uno studente per bene, in realtà è un pericoloso psicopatico. È lui ad aver mandato in ospedale il figlio di Kimura, che ora si trova sullo Shinkansen - il treno proiettile - per vendicarsi. Ma Kimura e Oji non sono gli unici passeggeri pericolosi. Nanao, a suo dire l'assassino più sfigato del mondo, e la letale coppia formata da Mikan e Lemon sono sullo stesso treno.

Nanao, nicknamed Ladybug - 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. 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. 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.

Brought to you by Penguin. THEIR MISSION IS MURDER. HIS IS REVENGE. A propulsive new thriller from the bestselling author of BULLET TRAIN. Suzuki is just an ordinary man until his wife is murdered. When he discovers the criminal gang responsible he leaves behind his life as a maths teacher and...

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.

Brought to you by Penguin. Some mother-in-laws are hard. This one might be murder. Miyako suspects her mother-in-law is a murderer. It’s not just a case of them rubbing each other up the wrong way – there is definitely something suspicious going on. But Miyako isn’t exactly what she seems...

In der Unterwelt von Tokio begegnen drei kaltblütige Auftragskiller ihrem Meister: einem von Rache getriebenen Mathematikprofessor. Drei Auftragskiller mit eigenen Methoden: Die Zikade tötet mit dem Messer. Der Pusher stößt Menschen vor Autos. Und der Wal treibt seine Opfer dazu, sich selbst das Leben zu nehmen. Die Drei gelten in Tokios Unterwelt als unerreichte Meister ihres Fachs. Das ändert sich schlagartig, als sie auf Suzuki treffen, einen einfachen Mann und ehemaligen Mathematikprofessor, der ein glückliches Leben führte, bis seine Frau ermordet wurde.

Kabuto, uno dei sicari piú letali di Toˉkyooˉ, è a un passo dall'andare in pensione. Ma prima di ritirarsi, dovrà vedersela con una moglie irascibile, un agente doppiogiochista e una pletora di crudeli assassini affiliati a pericolosissime gang giapponesi. Dopo I sette killer dello Shinkansen, diventato un film con Brad Pitt, e La vendetta del professor Suzuki, l'ultimo capitolo della leggendaria trilogia dei killer.

Brought to you by Penguin. A luxury hotel full of assassins - what could go wrong? Nanao ‘the unluckiest assassin in the world’ has been hired to deliver a birthday present to a guest at a luxury Tokyo Hotel. It seems like a simple assignment but by the time he leaves the guest's room one...

Brought to you by Penguin. 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...

Kabuto is a highly skilled assassin eager to escape his dangerous profession and the hold his handler, the sinister Doctor, has over him. The Doctor, a real physician who hands over Kabuto’s targets as “prescriptions” in his regular appointments with him, doesn’t want to lose Kabuto as a profitable asset, but he agrees to let him pay his way out of his employment with a few last jobs. Only the most lucrative jobs involve taking out other professional assassins, and Kabuto’s final assignment puts him and his family—who have no idea about his double life—in danger.

Zwei irrwitzige japanische Gangster-Thriller von Kotaro Isaka in einer Sammelausgabe. "Bullet Train" Fünf Killer, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, sitzen zusammen mit dem Opfer einer Entführung und einem Koffer voller Geld im japanischen Hochgeschwindigkeitszug Shinkansen, der auf die Endstation zurast, an der sie einer der Bosse von Tokios Unterwelt erwartet. Erst kommt der Koffer abhanden, dann verstirbt das Entführungsopfer auf mysteriöse Weise. Die Reise wird zu einer mit aberwitzigen Dialogen gespickten Höllenfahrt, an deren Ende nur einer den Zug verlassen wird.

Il Cicala ammazza chiunque, soprattutto gli innocenti. La Balena persuade le vittime a suicidarsi. Lo Spingitore agisce ai semafori o nelle stazioni. A Tokyo sono i migliori in circolazione. A chi verrebbe in mente di sfidarli? Dall'autore rivelazione de I sette killer dello Shinkansen un thriller indemoniato sullo sfondo di una Tokyo di cui nessuno sospettava l'esistenza. Suzuki è un tranquillo insegnante di matematica. Fino al giorno in cui sua moglie non viene travolta e uccisa da un'auto pirata.

Nanao, conocido como "el asesino más desafortunado del gremio", sube a un tren bala de Tokio a Morioka con una sencilla tarea: robar una maleta y bajarse en la siguiente estación. Sin que él lo sepa, el mortífero dúo de sicarios conocidos como Mandarina y Limón también busca la misma maleta, y ellos no son los únicos pasajeros peligrosos a bordo. Satoshi, "el Príncipe", un joven de apenas catorce años pero con la mente de un psicópata despiadado, se encontrará con Kimura, con quien tiene una cuenta que saldar.

Ein Zug. Fünf Killer. Und ein Koffer voller Geld. Fünf Killer, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, sitzen zusammen mit dem Opfer einer Entführung und einem Koffer voller Geld im japanischen Hochgeschwindigkeitszug Shinkansen, der auf die Endstation zurast, an der sie einer der Bosse von Tokios Unterwelt erwartet. Erst kommt der Koffer abhanden, dann verstirbt das Entführungsopfer auf mysteriöse Weise. Die Reise wird zu einer mit aberwitzigen Dialogen gespickten Höllenfahrt, an deren Ende nur einer den Zug verlassen wird.

Brought to you by Penguin. The last thing Jack Baxi expected when a detective rang his doorbell in the middle of the night was that he'd be tortured and left for dead, with a young woman he's never met before. Now, running for their lives, Jack and Aisha frantically try to discover why the...