Lemon: A Novel by Kwon Yeo-sun, Janet Hong

New York Times Book Review: Editor’s Choice Philadelphia Inquirer: Best Book of the Month  World Literature Today: Notable Translation of the Year  CrimeReads: Best International Crime Novel of the YearMs. Magazine: Most Anticipated Book of the Year Washington Independent Review of Books: Favorite Book of the Year  Parasite meets The Good Son in this piercing psychological portrait of three women haunted by a brutal, unsolved crime. In the summer of 2002, when Korea is abuzz over hosting the FIFA World Cup, eighteen-year-old Kim Hae-on is killed in what becomes known as the High School Beauty Murder. Two suspects quickly emerge: rich kid Shin Jeongjun, whose car Hae-on was last seen in, and delivery boy Han Manu, who witnessed her there just a few hours before her death. But when Jeongjun’s alibi checks out, and no evidence can be pinned on Manu, the case goes cold. Seventeen years pass without any resolution for those close to Hae-on, and the grief and uncertainty take a cruel toll on