Seesaw Monster
Kotaro Isaka author Sam Malissa translator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Publishing:3rd Jul '25
£18.99
This title is due to be published on 3rd July, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Two inventive tales of espionage in one, from the internationally bestselling author of Japanese fiction sensation Bullet Train
Miyako suspects her mother-in-law is a murderer. It’s not just a case of them rubbing each other up 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.
Many decades later, in a future world where electronic communication has been irrevocably compromised, confidential messages must be delivered by trusted couriers like Mito. But one delivery pulls Mito into a conspiracy beyond his wildest imaginings, and forces him into a race against time to defeat a world-changing technological threat.
Seesaw Monster contains two sharp, thrilling novellas - SEESAW MONSTER and SPIN MONSTER - from the bestselling and multi-award-winning writer Kotaro Isaka, internationally celebrated for his offbeat humour and inventive talent for twists.
PRAISE FOR KOTARO ISAKA:
‘Unlike anything you're likely to have read before . . . white-hot with double-crosses’ Financial Times
‘Entertaining . . . high-speed . . . with lots of twists and turns’ The Times
‘Thoroughly enjoyable’ Guardian
Thoroughly enjoyable * Guardian, on BULLET TRAIN *
Unlike anything you're likely to have read before...white-hot with double-crosses * Financial Times, on BULLET TRAIN *
Entertaining...high-speed...with lots of twists and turns...it has a Tarantino-meets-the-Coen-Brothers feel to it * The Times, on BULLET TRAIN *
An offbeat but touching thriller, with a wonderful final twist * Mail on Sunday, on THE MANTIS *
ISBN: 9781787304727
Dimensions: 240mm x 156mm x 28mm
Weight: 500g
352 pages