The Mantis (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781419769474)

From the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train and Three Assassins, The Mantis is a propulsive thriller set in Tokyo's criminal underworld about the intrigue and tensions a family man faces as he tries to hide his secret life as a hitman.

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. But 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.

The third book in a loose trilogy set in Kotaro Isaka's imagined Tokyo criminal underworld, The Mantis features all the hallmarks of his work that readers have come to crave--assassins with quirky codenames and modi operandi, page-turning action sequences, madcap energy, and razor-sharp humor--making the novel a frenetic, unputdownable read that hurtles readers toward a thrilling climax.

Author: Kotaro Isaka
ISBN-10: 1419769472
ISBN-13: 9781419769474
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Language: English
Published: 11/07/2023
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/2023 pg. 26
Shelf Awareness 12/01/2023