A cool, crafty did-he-do-it thriller for] readers of Jo Nesbo and Patricia Highsmith.
Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window Ingeniously twisted.
-- Entertainment Weekly , Must List Named a Must-Read Book of the Summer by Elle , Vulture , Entertainment Weekly , and Brit + Co The Talented Mr.
Ripley meets The Bad Seed in this breathless, chilling psychological thriller by the #1 bestselling novelist known as Korea's Stephen King Who can you trust if you can't trust yourself? Early one morning, twenty-six-year-old Yu-jin wakes up to a strange metallic smell, and a phone call from his brother asking if everything's all right at home - he missed a call from their mother in the middle of the night.
Yu-jin soon discovers her murdered body, lying in a pool of blood at the bottom of the stairs of their stylish Seoul duplex.
He can't remember much about the night before; having suffered from seizures for most of his life, Yu-jin often has trouble with his memory.
All he has is a faint impression of his mother calling his name.
But was she calling for help? Or begging for her life? Thus begins Yu-jin's frantic three-day search to uncover what happened that night, and to finally learn the truth about himself and his family.
A shocking and addictive psychological thriller, The Good Son explores the mysteries of mind and memory, and the twisted relationship between a mother and son, with incredible urgency.