The Good Son

At long last, South Korea's preeminent author of psychological thrillers has arrived Stateside. The Good Son . . . [is] a perfect introduction: an ingeniously twisted mother-son saga that keeps your heart pumping-and then breaks it. -Entertainment Weekly, Must List Jeong expertly inches up the tension in this crafty, creepy story. -The Guardian, The Best Recent Crime Novels A chilling portrait of a psychopath, and a beautifully evocative tale of wealth and isolation in modern South Korean life. You-Jeong Jeong has been called the Stephen King of South Korea, although I'd prefer to compare her to Lionel Shriver, Dorothy B. Hughes, or Patricia Highsmith. -Molly Odintz, Lit Hub, 16 Books You Should Read This June Want to read an under-the-radar psychological thriller? Feel smug about pocketing The Good Son. -Elle.com, 30 Best Books to Read This Summer Jeong's thrillers are wildly popular in South Korea, and we'll soon learn why . . . The gore is intense, but the psychological terror might never wash off. -Vulture, 8 New Books You Should Read This June [This] psychological thriller . . . will completely keep you interested all summer long. -Brit + Co A cool, crafty did-he-do-it thriller buoyed by a rising tide of madness. Provocative yet profound, humming with mood and menace, The Good Son will rivet readers of Jo Nesbo and Patricia Highsmith. -A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window A gripping, atmospheric, edge-of-your-seat thriller, The Good Son is moody and dark in the best way, with an unreliable narrator you won't soon forget. I loved it. -Flynn Berry, author of Under the Harrow This book will pull you in; as you devour it, you may find yourself chilled to the bone by its unflinching depiction of the evil coiled within us. -Kyung-Sook Shin, author of Please Look After Mom [A] superlative thriller. -Publishers Weekly (starred review) Jeong slowly winds readers up with taut, high-tension wire . . . A creepy, insidious, blood-drenched tale in which nothing is quite what it seems. -Kirkus Reviews The arrival of You-jeong Jeong on the Korean literary scene in the 2000s shocked and ruptured the system . . . She refused the delicate sensitivity often expected of women writers and gave us powerful and potent stories. -The Hankyoreh (Korea) You-jeong Jeong's novels are noted for her intricately crafted short sentences that push the urgent plot forward without giving you a chance to breathe. [The Good Son] dissects the inner thoughts of the main character...with the power of those sentences. -The Kyonghyang Sinmun (Korea) Dynamic . . . Powerfully grabs the reader. -JoongAng Ilbo (Korea) A game of survival experienced by a murderer. -The Chosun Ilbo (Korea) A coming-of-age story told by a villain, following [his] emotional arc as he realizes that he had no choice but to become a murderer. The reader ends up feeling oddly sympathetic to him. -Yonhap News (Korea) Charismatic writing and cinematic dynamism. -Hankook Ilbo (Korea) The events unfold in a mere three days. But . . . the tight plot transcends physical time. -Munhwa Ilbo (Korea)