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Perfect Happiness

Perfect Happiness

A Gripping Korean Thriller by the Queen of Crime Fiction and the Bestselling South Korean Author

You-Jeong Jeong
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When perfection is the only condition of living—will anyone be spared?

Yuna Shin is a dotting and charmingly beautiful woman, caring towards her family with delicious dinner spreads—that sometimes feel like a high stake 4-D chess game.

Yun Shin is the image of calm before a storm; everyone can be happy as long it is by her idea of happiness.
Just don’t cross the line, don’t seek the truth, don’t ask about that stain under the rug; as some secrets are better left undiscovered.

So, what happens when her daughter starts suspecting that bedtime stories will always come with disturbing dreams. Her husband, who has mastered the art of looking away, is now rattled when one too many times when their jigsaw of a family butts heads.

And her sister? Well, she is has started to look harder at Yuna’s house of cards.
Everyone is asking questions; but Yuna Shin knows how to keep her ‘perfect’ life from unravelling; because with her, there aren’t any slip-ups or so she thinks?

Perfect Happiness by You Jeong-Jeong, the queen of crime from South Korea, is a menacing ride into a domestic nightmare where the tighter you hold, the more ends unravel. A gripping thriller which leaves you feeling hauntingly watched over the shoulder.

  • A chilling psychological thriller from bestselling Korean author You-Jeong Jeong.
  • Twisting timelines and hidden truths reveal the cost of You-nah’s pursuit of happiness.
  • Perfect for fans of K-drama and K-pop, blending cultural depth with edge-of-your-seat suspense.
  • Intricately plotted with unpredictable twists and a rising body count wrapped in mystery.
  • Writing that combines emotional complexity with a gripping, adrenaline-fueled pace.

Imprint: India Penguin

Published: Sep/2025

ISBN: 9780143475057

Length : 488 Pages

MRP : ₹599.00

Perfect Happiness

A Gripping Korean Thriller by the Queen of Crime Fiction and the Bestselling South Korean Author

You-Jeong Jeong

When perfection is the only condition of living—will anyone be spared?

Yuna Shin is a dotting and charmingly beautiful woman, caring towards her family with delicious dinner spreads—that sometimes feel like a high stake 4-D chess game.

Yun Shin is the image of calm before a storm; everyone can be happy as long it is by her idea of happiness.
Just don’t cross the line, don’t seek the truth, don’t ask about that stain under the rug; as some secrets are better left undiscovered.

So, what happens when her daughter starts suspecting that bedtime stories will always come with disturbing dreams. Her husband, who has mastered the art of looking away, is now rattled when one too many times when their jigsaw of a family butts heads.

And her sister? Well, she is has started to look harder at Yuna’s house of cards.
Everyone is asking questions; but Yuna Shin knows how to keep her ‘perfect’ life from unravelling; because with her, there aren’t any slip-ups or so she thinks?

Perfect Happiness by You Jeong-Jeong, the queen of crime from South Korea, is a menacing ride into a domestic nightmare where the tighter you hold, the more ends unravel. A gripping thriller which leaves you feeling hauntingly watched over the shoulder.

  • A chilling psychological thriller from bestselling Korean author You-Jeong Jeong.
  • Twisting timelines and hidden truths reveal the cost of You-nah’s pursuit of happiness.
  • Perfect for fans of K-drama and K-pop, blending cultural depth with edge-of-your-seat suspense.
  • Intricately plotted with unpredictable twists and a rising body count wrapped in mystery.
  • Writing that combines emotional complexity with a gripping, adrenaline-fueled pace.
Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

You-Jeong Jeong

You-jeong Jeong was born in Hampyeong, South Korea. She initially trained and worked as a nurse. She is now South Korea’s leading writer of psychological crime and thriller fiction and is often compared to Stephen King and Raymond Chandler.

You-jeong is the author of four novels including Seven Years of Darkness, which was named one of the top ten crime novels of 2015 by the German newspaper Die Zeit.

Her work has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Thai and Vietnamese. The Good Son is the first of her books to be translated into English.

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