Lemon

A haunting literary crime story ... Razor-sharp observations of class, gender and privilege in contemporary Korea CosmopolitanIn the summer of 2002, nineteen-year-old Kim Hae-on was murdered in what became known as the High School Beauty Murder. There were two suspects: Shin Jeongjun, who had a rock-solid alibi, and Han Manu, to whom no evidence could be pinned. The case went cold.\r\n\r\nSeventeen years pass without justice, and the grief and uncertainty take a cruel toll on her younger sister, Da-on, in particular. Unable to move on with her life, Da-on tries in her own twisted way to recover some of what shes lost, ultimately setting out to find the truth of what happened.\r\n\r\nTold at different points in time from the perspectives of Da-on and two of Hae-ons classmates, Lemon is a piercing psychological portrait that takes the shape of a crime novel and is a must-read novel of 2021.\r\n______\r\n\r\nJolts with its brilliance and tartness. Its simply electric Kyung-sook Shin, author of Please Look After Mother\r\n\r\nA confounding masterpiece ... One of the most profound page-turners you will ever encounter Matthew Salesses, author of Craft in the Real World\r\n\r\nCharming, beguiling, and unique ... Lemon, like a great painting, makes you see the world differently Patrick Hoffman, author of Clean Hands and Every Man a Menace