“Every word and every moment is perfect.
A true masterpiece.
“This is the best book I’ve ever read.” _Lisa Jewell

* New York Times, Amazon bestseller
* Selected as Book of the Year by The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Red Magazine, and Good Housekeeping
* Worldwide distribution rights contract signed in 37 countries, Sony Pictures confirmed for film adaptation

Wrong Place, Wrong Time, which received glowing praise such as “an unpredictable and original plot,” “a novel that displays a high level of artistic skill,” “a groundbreaking page-turner,” and “this is just genius,” immediately became a bestseller and became the best thriller novel of the year, was published by Siot Books.

The story begins one night in late October, with Jen waiting for her son, Todd, who had recently turned eighteen, to come home.
Todd finally showed up in front of the house just as curfew was about to pass.
But then the son suddenly appears and stabs a strange man to death with a knife.
Jen has no idea who the man lying on the floor covered in blood is or why her son did this.
After that night of helplessly watching her son being dragged to the police station, Jen wakes up the next morning and realizes she's back to the day before.
Back to yesterday, when no murder had occurred.
Every morning after that, when Zen opens her eyes, she goes back in time, jumping through days, days, weeks, and years.
Can Jen find the reason for the murder and change the future to save her son?

Wrong Place, Wrong Time, which features vivid scene descriptions, a fast-paced story without unnecessary details, a tight plot twist that will have you slapping your knees as clues scattered throughout mesh seamlessly, and heartbreaking family love, has been confirmed for a film by Sony Pictures and was selected as the Book of the Year by The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Red Magazine, and Good Housekeeping in the year of its publication, as the Book of the Month by RADIO 2, the Thriller of the Month by The Observer, Waterstones' Thriller Book of March, and one of the Amazon Editors' Choice Best Books of 2022, receiving love from the media, fellow writers, and readers alike.
Even after over a year since its publication, the book has sold close to a million copies in the US and UK, and has continued to be popular and talked about, including being a finalist in the British Book Award 2023 Crime Thriller category and the 2023 Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, one of the UK's top crime novel awards.

“I can’t put the book down.
As the recommendation says, “Don’t miss it, you must read it!”, Korean readers will immediately feel why this book has received such enthusiastic praise and enthusiastic applause upon opening the book.

“Todd, no!”
Just as Kelly screamed, Jen noticed the knife.
At that moment, adrenaline surged and Jen's vision sharpened.
Everything seemed to be in slow motion.
Todd stabbed the man quickly and cleanly.
I tried to pull out the knife again, but it got caught on my clothes.
Todd swung the knife and pulled it out completely.
Two white feathers stuck to the blade and fluttered wildly in the cold air like snowflakes.

--- p.12

“I saw it…….
“I saw what you did.”
Jen pointed to the window in the middle of the stairs.
And at that moment she realized what the problem was.
It's not the outside scenery.
It's in front of the window.
There is no pumpkin.
It disappeared.

--- p.33

Looking out into the garden, the grass is shining brightly in the early morning sunlight.
I downed the coffee and drank it, but it only made me more nervous.
If Jen's guess is correct, tomorrow will be Wednesday.
The next day is Tuesday.
What next? Will we go backwards forever? Jen felt nauseous again and vomited sweet, black coffee into the sink.
Along with extreme fear and incomprehensible confusion.

--- p.60

He tried on his uniform in the bathroom last night.
It was something I had been eagerly waiting for for a long time.
Ryan stood on the toilet to look at his body in the mirror.
The person in the mirror was a real police officer.
Of course it was on the toilet, but no matter what anyone says, it's the police.
Besides the uniform, Ryan got what he always wanted.
Right, ability.
Specifically, it is the ability to create change.

--- pp.93~94

Jen opened her eyes in bed.
The 26th, three days before the incident.
Jen looked out the window.
It's raining.
Where will this backwards time travel end? Could it be forever? Until her very existence vanishes? Jen must understand the rules.
That's what lawyers do.
Only when you understand the rules and system can you play the game.
So far, all Jen has found out is that 'nothing worked'.
Zen is still stuck in a time travel loop, unable to stop the crime, but only within this loop can she discover the cause.
Stopping crime and stopping time slip.
That's her goal.

--- p.107

All the mistakes she had made while raising Todd came flooding back to Jen.
The times I fed him too much formula milk to make him sleep longer, the times I mechanically fed him formula milk while watching boring TV programs without making eye contact, the times I yelled at him for not napping.
At her father's urging, Jen returned to work too soon and sent little Todd to daycare too soon.
Were these events the seeds that would cause Todd to grow up badly? Was she a bad mother or just an ordinary person? Jen couldn't figure it out.

--- p.132

“Every time I’ve been back in time, I’ve learned something new by acting differently than when I first lived that day.
Following someone or witnessing something.
“Just paying a little more attention to the little things taught me something.”
Andy fiddled with the empty glass on the table, his gaze fixed on the window behind Jen.
He was lost in thought without saying a word.
“So, I guess you could say that every single day you arrive is somehow connected to crime.”
“Probably so.”
“You might go back in time and skip a day.
“It could skip a whole week.”
“I guess so.
“Then do I have to look for clues every time?”
“Yes, probably.”
--- p.139

Todd was not what anyone would call a difficult baby.
Todd always slept well.
But even though she was an easy baby to raise, Jen had a hard time.
She was the type to berate herself and suffer pain that would have been considered torture in other circumstances.
But describing parenting in this way was taboo.
One night, Jen looked down at Todd and thought.
'How do you know I love you?'
--- pp.164~165

“I almost called the secret phone.
Clio is gradually being pushed out.
Don't worry.
“I will keep that dirty work a secret.”
Todd's tone is as tart as a lemon.
interrupt.
Jen held her breath.
“Yeah, I mean, just in case.”
I had no idea who Todd was talking to.
Not a friend.
Because it's not an equal relationship.
Todd laughed again.
It's a bitter, cynical, hard laugh.
"no.
That's exactly what I was trying to say.
“We’re almost at the end, aren’t we?”
--- p.223

Jen's father didn't do that at his law firm because he was uncomfortable with the idea of ​​doing business with criminals.
Jen felt a vague sense of discomfort about the idea of ​​making money through divorce, but let's face it, law firms had to pay rent every month, and people who were emotionally hurt by their spouses were more common than criminals.

--- p.284

Ryan gulped and said.
So everything became clear.
The cork board was the entrance to it.
Ryan's past, Ryan's brother, what Ryan knew, all of it.

Ryan told himself that he wanted to do this.
He wanted to do something interesting.
But my goodness, undercover work.
It's about going inside a criminal organization and secretly observing and eavesdropping.
He suddenly became curious about the fatality rate of the police officers deployed for undercover investigations.
What are the odds, what are the chances that he will do that?
--- p.312

“Do you want to go eat dinner?”
My father asked while pouring tea.
Jen hesitated.
It's 4 o'clock now.
Now, my father has between three and nine hours left to live.
Their eyes met.
Zen silently accepted the steaming mug and sipped from it, buying himself some time.
I know this isn't right.
Other elements must not be changed.
You should only do what you were originally supposed to do.
You shouldn't buy lottery tickets.
Hitler must not be killed.
You must not deviate.
But without realizing it, these words came out.
“Good.”
--- p.338

As they walked together to the parking lot, Jen almost blurted out.
That it wasn't a dream.
It is reality and it will happen in the future.
Mom is doing everything she can to save her beloved son Todd from that gruesome fate, from crime, knives, blood, and murder charges.
But Todd won't believe that.
No one will believe it.

--- p.365

At that moment, as if a light had suddenly turned on, Zen realized.
I could tell from deep within my stomach, from deep within my heart.
She knew it when she saw Todd's eyes capture the bluish winter light of the early morning.
It's not my fault.
It's not Todd's fault either.
Jen knew she had raised her child well enough.
Todd's eyes said it all.
Because the child's eyes were shining with love, with love for his mother.
Jen curled up on the sofa.
She did her best.
Even when that wasn't the case, the guilt she felt was proof that she wanted to do her best.
Jen did her best for her child.

--- p.414