The Mantis: A Novel

From the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train and Three Assassins, 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, do...