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Were his ominous visions and erratic behavior the product of a grief-stricken child's overactive imagination? Or were his father's colleagues, who blamed a darker, more malevolent force, right to look to the supernatural as a means to end George's suffering? Twenty years later, George still does not know. But when a mysterious murder is revealed, remembering the past becomes the only way George can protect himself--and his young family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA psychological thriller in the tradition of Donna Tartt's \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History--\u003c\/i\u003ewith shades of \u003ci\u003eThe Exorcist\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eA Good and Happy Child\u003c\/i\u003e leaves you questioning the things you remember and frightened of the things you've forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully written and perfectly structured. . . . 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