# The Good Son: A Novel

**Author:** You-Jeong Jeong  
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> “Ingeniously twisted.” —Entertainment Weekly, “Must List”  
> “Will leave even the most seasoned crime fiction readers guessing.” —CrimeReads  
> "[Jeong](https://deathbytbrbooks.binderybooks.com/) maintains suspense about her inhuman-seeming protagonist's fate until the bitter end.” —The Wall Street Journal  
> **Finalist for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’s “Summer Reads” Book Club**  
> 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.  
**Named a Must-Read Book of the Summer by Elle, Entertainment Weekly, Vulture, Bustle, CrimeReads, Lit Hub, The Millions, Electric Literature, and Brit + Co**

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