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The Good Son

The bestselling Korean thriller of the year

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The Good Son

By: You-jeong Jeong
Narrated by: Johnathan McClain, Elizabeth Liang
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You wake up covered in blood.

There's a body downstairs.

Your mother's body.

You didn't do it. Did you?

How could you, you've always been the good son.

The international sensation from Korea's million-copy best selling author You-Jeong Jeong.

When Yu-jin wakes up covered in blood, and finds the body of his mother downstairs, he decides to hide the evidence and pursue the killer himself.

Then young women start disappearing in his South Korean town. Who is he hunting? And why does the answer take him back to his brother and father who lost their lives many years ago.

The Good Son is inspired by a true story.

©2018 You-jeong Jeong, Chi-Young Kim (P)2018 Little, Brown Book Group Crime Thrillers Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Psychological Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Suspense

Critic reviews

"For fans of Jo Nesbo and Patricia Highsmith." (A. J. Finn, Sunday Times, best-selling author of The Woman in the Window)

"The queen of crime...You-jeong Jeong is shaking up the world of suspense." (Glamour)

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Dull narration is fitting. Slow to start but a captivating read with a few surprises.

Slowly but surely enticing.

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It's a great story with unexpected twists and well written narrative and pacing that keeps you interested all the way to the end. Fans of Scandi noir will definitely enjoy this book.

Wasn't so sold in the performance but the story was gripping enough to forgive the flat monotonous reader. Also was quite distracting because he had atrocious pronunciation of Korean words and names including the author's name.

Interesting thriller told by an unusual narrator

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It took me a while to get into the book but when I did I enjoyed it. The sad reality of mental health.

Worth the wait

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Third time I’ve listened to it…
Love the subtlety in how it’s told, which really helps deliver a sense of foreboding. Mental illness in its worst form, where the culprit is as much a victim as the actual victims themselves…
Great insights of flawed family relationships, and the thin veneer of civility that exists between many, if not most family members.
Can’t understand why some reviews suggest “nothing happens”. Maybe they shouldn’t be attempting such a layered work, and settle for watching Fast n’ Furious, and Mission Impossible movies…
Strong narration, too - slightly unusual and dark…

Love this story

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Had heard good things about this book but it was so dull. Not exactly thrilling.

Dull

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