An entertaining thriller... Kill Bill on wheels or a locked-room crime drama played out at 200mph

Unlike anything you're likely to have read before...white-hot with double-crosses

Entertaining...high-speed...with lots of twists and turns...it has a Tarantino-meets-the-Coen-Brothers feel to it.

Part high-octane thriller, part farce, this is an unusual and thoroughly enjoyable read

The action accelerates up and down the ten carriages but the question is: who will get off alive?

As the body count increases Isaka introduces new characters and juggles the survivors' storylines adroitly.

A highly original take on the locked-room mystery: twisty, funny and horrifying in its examination of organised crime, bullying, bad luck and psychopathy

Breakneck pacing, masterful character development, and well-timed comic relief set Isaka's
pitch-perfect (and seamlessly translated) thriller up for blockbuster status...a twisty, darkly hilarious game of musical chairs

Impressive...Isaka keeps the suspense high throughout. Fans of intricate action fiction will be enthralled

Myriad twists... a high-octane dark comedy as the body count stacks up.

Isaka knows how to keep his readers on their toes. His characters are colourful, varied and morally despicable...there's much more to it than a thrill-a-minute action fix. It's dark, funny, absurd and it certainly boast the most interesting bunch of characters we've seen in a while.

This propulsive novel tauntingly flaunts its cinematic bona fides

Bullet Train is a knockabout black comedy with a plot as fast-moving as the express train from Tokyo to Morioka on which the action takes place

Stylish and darkly comic

A page-turning slow burn

Will give you chills

An addictive read that will leave you on the edge of your seat

Will have you tearing through the pages

Combines shocking twists effortlessly with sensitive explorations of family dynamics

Superb plotting. I could hardly catch my breath between twists

As soon as I finished the first page, I knew I wouldn't be able to put this down

Unforgettably dark and complex

Kept me up last night. Scary. Twisty. All too believable

Kept me guessing right up to the thrilling finale

Absorbing and chilling

It's impossible to guess the shocking ending

A fab and twisty page-turner

So twisty, turning and grippy

A story as unsettling as the island that serves as its setting. Don't trust anyone at The Retreat.

Deliciously paced with rich worldbuilding, The Retreat teems with questionable motives, unspoken frustrations, and hair-raising cliffhangers. I absolutely could not put this book down!

'Dazzling and inventive, like an Agatha Christie mystery split open by a heatwave. The Retreat is transporting, with an unforgettable setting and a complex web of secrets. I didn't want it to end.'

'The Retreat is a delightfully creepy thriller set in a fantastic gothic location. I loved it!'