{"product_id":"9781419769474","title":"The Mantis","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBullet Train \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThree Assassins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mantis\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The third book in a loose trilogy set in Kotaro Isaka’s imagined Tokyo criminal underworld, \u003ci\u003eThe Mantis \u003c\/i\u003efeatures 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.","brand":"Kotaro Isaka","offers":[{"title":"The Overlook Press |  Hardback | With dust jacket |  2023-11-07","offer_id":44229874024703,"sku":"9781419769474","price":34.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_61e6dd11-f95a-4e12-aa5b-2ca4eca6aa7a.jpg?v=1700681901","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781419769474","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}