If you're into heart-racing mysteries that delve deep into the psyche of characters, "The Good Son" by You-jeong Jeong might just be your next page-turner. Merging a harrowing murder puzzle with the labyrinth of family secrets, it challenges your perceptions at every twist. Plus, its foundation in a true story adds a chilling layer of reality to the bone-chilling narrative. This Korean bestseller will keep you guessing 'til the end.

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Yu-jin is a good son, a model student, and a successful athlete. But one day he wakes up covered in blood. There's no sign of a break-in, and there's a body downstairs. Yu-jin struggles to piece together the fragments of what he can remember from the night before. He suffers from regular seizures and blackouts. Through investigating the murder, reading diaries, and looking at his own past and childhood, Yu-jin discovers what has happened. The police descend on the suburban South Korean district in which he lives. The body of a young woman is discovered. The Good Son deals with the ultimate taboo in family life and asks the question: how far will you go to protect your children from themselves?

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