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It starts with a quiet conversation but soon hellzapoppin' in this enjoyable and startlingly original thriller by Japan's Isaka (Bullet Train). Over drinks, friends discuss how women are better than men at distinguishing between what one says in conversation and what one means. This becomes a motif in the book: the difference between what's stated and what's implied, how appearance so easily deceives. The story is packed to overflowing. A spy meets a stranger on a train and marries him....Log In or Sign Up to Read More