The Only Child (First Edition)

Seo, Mi-ae

ISBN 10: 006290504X / ISBN 13: 9780062905048

Published by Ecco, New York, 2020

About this Item

New York, Ecco, 2020. First edition. First printing (with full number line including 1). Very Fine in a very fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($26.99). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. A novel, her first published in the USA, translated from the Korean by Yewon Jung.

Seller Inventory # Fiction-Korean-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Only Child (First Edition)
• Publisher: Ecco, New York
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006290504X
• ISBN 13: 9780062905048
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Asian Literature

About this title

Synopsis

An eerie and absorbing novel following a criminal psychologist who has discovered shocking and possibly dangerous connections between a serial killer and her stepdaughter. The book to read for fans of the movie Parasite.

Criminal psychologist Seonkyeong receives an unexpected call one day. Yi Byeongdo, a serial killer whose gruesome murders shook the world, wants to be interviewed. Yi Byeongdo, who has refused to speak to anyone until now, asks specifically for her. Seonkyeong agrees out of curiosity. 

That same day Hayeong, her husband’s eleven-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, shows up at their door after her grandparents, with whom she lived after her mother passed away, die in a sudden fire. Seonkyeong wants her to feel at home, but is gradually unnerved as the young girl says very little and acts strangely. 

At work and at home, Seonkyeong starts to unravel the pasts of the two new arrivals in her life and begins to see startling similarities. Hayeong looks at her the same way Yi Byeongdo does when he recounts the abuse he experienced as a child; Hayeong’s serene expression masks a temper that she can’t control. Plus, the story she tells about her grandparents’ death, and her mother’s before that, deeply troubles Seonkyeong. So much so that Yi Byeongdo picks up on it and starts giving her advice. 

Written with exquisite precision and persistent creepiness, The Only Child is psychological suspense at its very best.

About the Author

Mi-Ae Seo is a bestselling thriller writer and screenwriter in Korea.