{"title":"Kotaro Isaka","description":"Kotaro Isaka is a bestselling and multi-award-winning writer whose books have sold millions of copies around the world. He has won the Shincho Mystery Club Award, Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Japan Booksellers' Award, and the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize. His novel Bullet Train was made into a major film starring Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock.","products":[{"product_id":"hotel-lucky-seven-paperback","title":"Hotel Lucky Seven - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBullet Train\u003c\/i\u003e's hapless underworld operative and his handler are back in this thrilling new novel from internationally bestselling author Kotaro Isaka, named one of the Best Novels of the Year (Crime Reads)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Isaka's style is tense, laden with dark humor expressed with a flat affect--just the right tone for a book that walks the fine line between comedy and violence.\" \u003ci\u003e(New York Times Book Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBullet Train\u003c\/i\u003e, underworld operative Ladybug was tasked by his handler Maria with retrieving a suitcase from a high-speed train in Japan. The job did not go according to plan, to the delight of millions of readers and movie fans around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Internationally acclaimed author Kotaro Isaka spins another outrageously entertaining thriller in \u003ci\u003eHotel Lucky Seven\u003c\/i\u003e. This is a stylish, masterful book, again featuring outsized characters, gripping action, plot twists, and surprise identities.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102485909727,"sku":"9781419777042","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/r_NkPzrYtF9781419777042.webp?v=1781083347"},{"product_id":"seesaw-monster-hardcover","title":"Seesaw Monster - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBullet Train\u003c\/i\u003e, two inventive espionage tales in one\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Isaka's style is tense, laden with dark humor expressed with a flat affect--just the right tone for a book that walks the fine line between comedy and violence.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eHotel Lucky Seven\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Many decades after the events of \u003ci\u003eSeesaw Monster\u003c\/i\u003e, in a future world dominated by surveillance, facial-recognition software, and AI, the most sensitive information lives only on paper, and confidential messages must be delivered by trusted couriers like Mito. But one delivery pulls Mito into a conspiracy beyond his wildest imagination and forces him into a race against time to defeat a world-changing technological threat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mixing mythology, family drama, corruption, and espionage, these gripping novellas from the international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBullet Train \u003c\/i\u003eexplore the idea of progress, the power of close relationships, and the nature of conflict with deadly stakes.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102834561247,"sku":"9781419777073","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9D_Mm8s4ML9781419777073.webp?v=1781087444"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/kotaro-isaka.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}