An unnerving psychological thriller from the Korean author Mi-ae Seo. Criminal psychologist Seonkyeong is dealing with two new presences in her world: a notorious serial killer breaking their long silence, her husband's stepdaughter whose grandparents have died abruptly. What do either of these deeply-troubled parties want from her?

Mi-ae Seo is a bestselling Korean thriller writer and screenwriter. Her works include the novels The Doll¿s Garden, Arin¿s Gaze, and The Night Your Star Disappeared. In 2009, she won the Grand Prize for Korean Detective Literature for The Doll¿s Garden. The Only Child is her English language debut.