Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood
A brilliantly compelling domestic suspense from a rising star of the crime fiction world, and the man behind BBC/Netflix smash hit, You Don’t Know Me
Sophie King is missing.
Her parents, Harry and Zara, are distraught; for the last seventeen years, they’ve done everything for their beloved only daughter and now she’s gone.
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The police have no leads, and Harry and Zara are growing increasingly frantic, although they are both dealing with it in very different ways. Increasingly obsessed with their highly suspicious neighbour who won’t open the door or answer any questions, they are both coming to the same conclusion. If they want answers, they’re going to have to take the matter into their own hands.
But just how far are they both prepared to go for the love of their daughter?
My Review
How far would you go to find the person you love most of all in the whole world? Especially when that person is your own daughter? Seventeen-year-old Sophie King has gone missing. Has she been abducted or is she already dead?
The book is written alternatively from the point of view of Harry King, Sophie’s father, and from her mother Zara. Both are desperate to discover the truth, but the way they go about it is driving a wedge between them. Neither of them will talk to the other, and their relationship is on rocky ground.
Then we have the court case – at first we are not even sure who is in court and what they are being charged with. As the story progresses, we learn there is far more to it than we could have imagined. The court scenes are written by someone who either has huge experience of criminal trials or has done some major research. We know of course that the author is a practising criminal barrister, so it’s obviously the former.
I did guess a tiny part of the outcome, though I think you were probably meant to. Everything else is a surprise. There are some very unusual twists. And some brilliant characters. The man at number 210, Herman, is about as vile as you can get.
The writing is so good, the use of language and metaphors, the build up and suspense. It’s very clever and brilliantly plotted.
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About the Author
Imran Mahmood is a practising criminal barrister in England and Wales. His debut novel You Don’t Know Me was chosen by Simon Mayo as a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice for 2017 and longlisted for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year, the CWA Gold Dagger Award, and the Glass Bell Award and was made into a hugely successful BBC1 adaptation in association with Netflix, reaching no.3 in the World and in the UK received a BAFTA nomination for best actor. His second novel I Know What I Saw was chosen as a Sunday Times crime novel of the month and reached no. 2 on the Audible charts. It was also long-listed for both the CWA Gold Dagger Award and Theakstons Crime Novel of the year. His third novel All I Said Was True was also long-listed for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2023
His fourth novel Finding Sophie is to be released in the UK and in the USA in March 2024.
Imran was born and raised in Liverpool but now lives in London with his wife and 2 daughters.
