- Published: 11 March 2021
- ISBN: 9781473593176
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $24.99
Bullet Train
- Published: 11 March 2021
- ISBN: 9781473593176
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $24.99
Entertaining...high-speed...with lots of twists and turns...it has a Tarantino-meets-the-Coen-Brothers feel to it.
The Times
The action accelerates up and down the ten carriages but the question is: who will get off alive?
Daily Mail
An entertaining thriller... Kill Bill on wheels or a locked-room crime drama played out at 200mph
The Times
Isaka knows how to keep his readers on their toes. His characters are colourful, varied and morally despicable...there's much more to it than a thrill-a-minute action fix. It's dark, funny, absurd and it certainly boast the most interesting bunch of characters we've seen in a while.
Crime Fiction Lover
As the body count increases Isaka introduces new characters and juggles the survivors' storylines adroitly.
Sunday Times
Part high-octane thriller, part farce, this is an unusual and thoroughly enjoyable read
Laura Wilson, Guardian
Unlike anything you're likely to have read before...white-hot with double-crosses
Financial Times
This propulsive novel tauntingly flaunts its cinematic bona fides
Angus Batey, Quietus
Myriad twists... a high-octane dark comedy as the body count stacks up.
Straits Times
Breakneck pacing, masterful character development, and well-timed comic relief set Isaka's pitch-perfect (and seamlessly translated) thriller up for blockbuster status...a twisty, darkly hilarious game of musical chairs
Booklist, starred review
Impressive...Isaka keeps the suspense high throughout. Fans of intricate action fiction will be enthralled
Publishers Weekly, starred review
Bullet Train is a knockabout black comedy with a plot as fast-moving as the express train from Tokyo to Morioka on which the action takes place
Christina Hardyment, The Times, *Audiobooks of the Year*
A highly original take on the locked-room mystery: twisty, funny and horrifying in its examination of organised crime, bullying, bad luck and psychopathy
Natasha Cooper, Literary Review, *Books of the Year*
Stylish and darkly comic
Fraser Massey, ASLEF Journal