Finding Sophie Book Review

Just how far would you go to find your missing child? That's the premise of Imran Mahmood's latest novel Finding Sophie. Harry and Zara's daughter has gone missing, and the police have no leads. Frustrated by the slowness of the investigation and their own ideas about who might have harmed their daughter, Harry and Zara begin to take matters into their own hands.

The book goes back and forth between Harry's perspective and Zara's perspective. At first, I wasn't sure what the action was going to be. It seemed like a lot of inner thoughts from each parent, and I didn't know where the story was going. A few times, a chapter takes place in a courtroom, but the reader isn't given information on who is on trial. Is it the murder suspect? Is it the person Harry and Zara suspect? Or is it someone else?

Gradually, the courtroom scene reveals who is on trial and why, and the parent chapters take you deeper into each person's thought process as they grieve the loss of their daughter and take matters into their own hands. 

This would make for a great book club discussion! If you have a child or children, then you could easily put yourself in Harry and Zara's shoes.

Finding Sophie is published by Bantam and will be available to purchase on March 5, 2024. I received a free e-ARC.