'The queen of crime . . . You-Jeong Jeong is shaking up the world of suspense' Glamour <br/> <br/>'You-Jeong Jeong is a certified international phenomenon . . . one among the best at writing psychological suspense' Los Angeles Times <br/> <br/>A young girl is found dead in Seryong Lake, a reservoir in a remote South Korean village. The police immediately begin their investigation. <br/> <br/>At the same time, three men - Yongje, the girl's father, and two security guards at the nearby dam, each of whom has something to hide about the night of her death - find themselves in an elaborate game of cat and mouse as they race to uncover what happened to her, without revealing their own closely guarded secrets. <br/> <br/>When a final showdown at the dam results in a mass tragedy, one of the guards is convicted of murder and sent to prison. <br/> <br/>For seven years, his son, Sowon, lives in the shadow of his father's shocking and inexplicable crime. When Sowon receives a package that promises to reveal at last what really happened at Seryong Lake, he must confront a present danger he never knew existed. <br/> <br/>Dark, disturbing, and full of twists and turns, Seven Years of Darkness is the riveting new novel from the internationally celebrated author of The Good Son. <br/> <br/>'South Korea's preeminent author of psychological thrillers' Entertainment Weekly <br/> <br/>'Rightly compared to Stephen King' Die Zeit (Germany)