book cover of Finding Sophie
Added by 23 members
 

Finding Sophie

(2024)
A novel by

 
 
Two parents conduct an increasingly desperate search for their missing daughter in “a clever, chilling thriller that is also unexpectedly moving” (Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here Is Lying)

“Imran Mahmood is the only author writing about a missing person who deals with grief this well. I loved it.”—Gillian McAllister,
New York Times bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time

Someone is guilty.


For the last seventeen years, Harry and Zara King’s lives have revolved around their only daughter, Sophie. One day, Sophie leaves the house and doesn’t come home. Six weeks later, the police are no closer to finding her than when they started. Harry and Zara have questioned everyone who has ever had any connection to Sophie, to no avail. Except there’s one house on their block—number 210, across the street—whose occupant refuses to break his silence.

Someone knows what happened.

As the question mark over number 210 devolves into obsession, Harry and Zara are forced to examine their own lives. They realize they have grown apart, suffering in separate spheres of grief. And as they try to find their way back to each other, they must face the truth about their daughter: who she was, how she changed, and why she disappeared.

Someone will pay.

Told in the alternating perspectives of Harry and Zara, and in a dual timeline between the weeks after Sophie’s disappearance and a year later in the middle of a murder trial, Imran Mahmood’s taut yet profoundly moving novel explores how differently grief can be experienced even when shared by parents—and how hope triumphs when it springs from the kind of love that knows no bounds.



Genre: Mystery

Praise for this book

"This thrilling and emotional roller coaster moved me to tears with its powerful portrayal of the agonies of parental love and loss. Imran Mahmood has excelled with this clever, heart-breaking thriller, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell." - Jo Callaghan

"Finding Sophie is a domestic noir objet d'art - brilliant, bated-breath stuff." - Helen Fields

"Beautifully written, visceral, evocative, and compelling, but with a plot that keeps you guessing to the end . . . So much more than a legal thriller, Finding Sophie is a work of pure brilliance." - Janice Hallett

"A powerful and beautifully written thriller." - Vaseem Khan

"A clever, chilling thriller that is also unexpectedly moving." - Shari Lapeña

"This novel is so smart and the plot twists blew me away. Imran Mahmood is the only author writing about a missing person who deals with grief this well. I loved it." - Gillian McAllister

"An exciting and compulsive read - Mahmood has surpassed my expectations with an astonishingly twisty tale of despair, deception, and desperation." - Liz Nugent

"Finding Sophie is a rare accomplishment, by turns a heart-stopping thriller, a heartfelt mystery, and a powerful study of grief, hope, and the unbreakable bond between parent and child. It's brilliant." - Chris Whitaker


Visitors also looked at these books


Used availability for Imran Mahmood's Finding Sophie


About Fantastic Fiction       Information for Authors