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Miyako suspects her mother-in-law is a murderer. It’s not just a case of them rubbing each other the wrong way—there is definitely something suspicious going on. But Miyako isn’t exactly what she seems either. Her husband has no idea about her past life as a secret agent. When she decides to use her professional skills to investigate her mother-in-law, the delicate equilibrium of their lives is thrown wildly out of balance.

In Bullet Train, underworld operative Ladybug was tasked by his handler Maria Beetle with retrieving a suitcase from a high-speed train in Japan. The job did not go according to plan. Will the unluckiest assassin in the world will find things easier this time around? All he has to do is deliver a painting to a hotel guest, a portrait made by his daughter. Easy enough, except when Ladybug makes the delivery, he realizes that the guest is clearly not the guy in the painting. Then he attacks Ladybug, they fight, and the guest ends up dead. How can such simple jobs always go wrong?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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...

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 joins them, looking for a chance to take his revenge. What he doesn't realise is that he's about to get drawn into a web of unusual professional assassins, each with their own agenda.

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 man is dead and more will soon follow. As events spiral out of control as it becomes clear several different killers, with varying missions, are all taking a stay in the hotel at the same time. And they're all particularly interested in a young woman with a photographic memory, hiding out on one of the twenty floors.

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.

Ils sont cinq tueurs à bord du Shinkansen... Qui arrivera à destination ? En gare de Tokyo, Kimura s'apprête à monter dans le Shinkansen, le train à grande vitesse japonais, avec une arme à feu cachée dans son sac. Sa cible ? Un collégien qui a poussé son fils de 6 ans du haut d'un toit, le laissant entre la vie et la mort.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.