'The Talented Mr. Ripley meets The Bad Seed in this breathless, chilling psychological thriller by the 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.
Book #69 of 2021
REVIEW: This was the May thriller book club pick for my book club, The Inked Pages Book Club and let me tell you, this book was a doozy. It's also going to be short of difficult to review without giving anything away!! The book opens up in a shocking way and then is our MC trying to piece together the events leading up to that moment. He discovers things about his past that he has never known. The suspense building up to each "event" is palpable. This was this author's first novel that was translated to English and I'm glad it was. She is billed as the Korean Steven King and I've read that this book will also be getting a movie adaptation. If you are a fan of psychological thrillers I definitely recommend this book!
Publication Date: June 5, 2018