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The Good Son

By: You-jeong Jeong
Narrated by: Elizabeth Liang, Johnathan McClain
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'The queen of crime . . . You-jeong Jeong is shaking up the world of suspense' Glamour

'For fans of Jo Nesbo and Patricia Highsmith' A. J. Finn, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

'South Korea's answer to Stephen King' Cosmopolitan

'Ingeniously twisted' Entertainment Weekly

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 BESTSELLING 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 Chi-Young Kim Crime Thrillers Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Psychological Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Suspense
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Critic reviews

An intense, creepy, darkly funny read . . . a book focusing on the claustrophobic dynamics of a mother-son relationship that makes Mrs Bates and her son Norman look well-adjusted
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, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window)
Rightly compared to Stephen King
The queen of crime . . . You-jeong Jeong is shaking up the world of suspense with her particularly well-executed thrillers
Readers will be relieved that this is fiction, not real life. This book will pull you in; as you devour it, you might perhaps resent the author's relentless pursuit of the evil coiled within humans. But this, too, is human
Gripping and often gruesome . . . a disturbing story of the events that unfold after Yu-jin, 26, wakes up to find his mother in a pool of blood (we did warn you)
Jeong expertly inches up the tension in this crafty, creepy story of a psychopath's coming-of-age
Ingeniously twisted
Want to read an under-the-radar psychological thriller? Feel smug about pocketing The Good Son
A slow-burn psychological thriller with plenty of twists and things to think about
The gore is intense, but the psychological terror might never wash off
Absorbing . . . An unlikely thriller that we continue to read - thanks to Ms. Jeong's controlled prose . . . with a sickened sort of fascination. It's a testament to the author's skill and seriousness of purpose that she maintains suspense about her inhuman-seeming protagonist's fate until the bitter end
[You-jeong Jeong is] South Korea's Patricia Highsmith, able to convey the internal and manipulative logic of even the most disturbed minds, while spritzing her tales with commentary on the isolation that comes with modern prosperity
Dark, harrowing, horribly claustrophobic but hard to put down . . . You-jeong Jeong's novel speaks for a facet of the human condition that is more prevalent than we like to think (Financial Times)
All stars
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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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