Finding Sophie, Imran Mahmood
Finding Sophie, Imran Mahmood
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Finding Sophie

Author: Imran Mahmood

Narrator: Lydia Bakelmun, Oliver Hembrough

Unabridged: 11 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/05/2024


Synopsis

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.

About The Author

Imran Mahmood is a practicing criminal barrister in England and Wales with over thirty years’ experience fighting cases. His debut novel You Don’t Know Me was chosen by Simon Mayo as a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice for 2017, longlisted for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year and the CWA Gold Dagger Award, The Glass Bell Award, and was made into a hugely successful BBC1 adaptation in association with Netflix. It reached number three in the world on Netflix charts, and received a BAFTA nomination for best actor. Imran was born and raised in Liverpool but now lives in London with his wife and two daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary Beth on March 11, 2024

Sophie has disappeared and her parents are worried because they can't find her anywhere. The police aren't helping them at all. They can't seem to be able to find any clues. So Henry and Zara start to search for her themselves. Their neighbor in number 210, who lives across the street from them is v......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on March 05, 2024

IT IS BETTER TO LET NINE GUILTY PEOPLE GO FREE-THAN CONVICT ONE INNOCENT PERSON OF A CRIME THAT HE OR SHE DID NOT COMMIT- That is the standard of the criminal justice system in the UK. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in the U.S. I knew from the opening pages that this would be a story to savor…. One d......more

Goodreads review by Debra on February 18, 2024

Sophie is missing! It's every parent’s worst nightmare. Harry and Zara King are desperate to find their seventeen-year-old daughter, Sophie. She left their home one day and has not been seen since. They are not happy with the investigation and decide to do their own investigation by questioning ever......more

Goodreads review by Linzie (suspenseisthrillingme) on March 26, 2024

Harry and Zara King’s daughter, Sophie, is missing. After leaving the house one day, she seemingly vanished into thin air. Ever devoted to her, both are beyond distraught not knowing where she could be. As days turn to weeks and weeks turn to months, the police are without any answers. To both Harry......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on January 31, 2024

4-5 stars School teachers, Harry and Zara King are distraught. Six weeks ago, their daughter Sophie leaves their house and hasn’t returned. They question everyone they can think of, the police have no leads, but one house catches their eye, number 210 in their own street. Why won’t John Douglas Herma......more


Quotes

“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, New York Times bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time

“A clever, chilling thriller that is also unexpectedly moving.”—Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here Is Lying

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, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End

“An exciting and compulsive read—Mahmood has surpassed my expectations with an astonishingly twisty tale of despair, deception, and desperation.”—Liz Nugent, author of Strange Sally Diamond

“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, internationally bestselling author of The Appeal

“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, author of In the Blink of an Eye

Finding Sophie is a domestic noir objet d’art—brilliant, bated-breath stuff.”—Helen Fields, author of One for Sorrow

“A powerful and beautifully written thriller.”—Vaseem Khan, award-winning author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency novels