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Finding Sophie
- Narrated by: Lydia Bakelmun, Oliver Hembrough
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
Bloomsbury presents Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood, read by Oliver Hembrough and Lydia Bakelmun.
'A heart-stopping thriller, a heartfelt mystery' CHRIS WHITAKER
'A clever, chilling thriller that is also unexpectedly moving' SHARI LAPENA
'Kept me guessing until the very end' IAN RANKIN
'Incredible plotting and devastatingly good writing' THE SECRET BARRISTER
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.
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?
'Powerfully and brilliantly written' VASEEM KHAN
'Pure brilliance' JANICE HALLETT
'Wow, what an ending!' C. L. TAYLOR
'An astonishingly twisty tale of despair, deception and desperation' LIZ NUGENT
An Observer Thriller of the Month
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- Rachel Redford
- 27-03-24
Much more than just a "crime novel"
Angry teenage Sophie has gone missing and her desperate teacher parents, Zara and Harry, each believe they can solve the mystery better than the police. Mahmood’s experience as a criminal barrister has fed into this indelible, multi-layered story : drop by drop of tense court room drama,; portrayal of social issues in today’s troubled youth; psychological thriller; tender realism of the cruel effects of trauma.
The hunt for Sophie taken by each distraught parent is different as they drift apart, riven by their unfathomable grief - and both are ultimately driven to violence. We know from early on that Harry is later in court and Sophie’s body has never been found, but don’t be fooled. These interwoven court scenes change and we are kept in suspense.
We have to wait for the cleverly shifting network of threads to be worked out, but what makes Finding Sophie so satisfying is that these are real people in all their human complexities, not just players in a crime story. Sophie’s deeply loving parents being driven apart by unbearable grief is heartbreakingly real, and the ending (which I won’t give away) is realistically painful.
The narrators are excellent and particularly effective with all the dialogue.
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- Colin Ward
- 19-03-24
Fantastic Plot and Characters, brilliant narration
Imran Mahmood raises the steaks again in his latest mind bender of a novel. Told from two perspectives and in two time lines, it sounds incredibly complex - which it is - but it makes for a tense thriller throughout. It's clear that besides his talent and flair for a darn good story, Mahmood has the legal knowledge and experience which gives his stories the edge. As the title says, the book is all about Finding Sophie. But instead of sitting back on the old tropes of the missing child, this time we are thrown into the thick of it from the outset. There's no preamble time, no typical beginning of the case we all know so well., We're weeks into the case when it feels like all leads have dried up.
Both our main characters have had their lives torn apart, and the painful sincerity deepens their characters, but drips of ambiguity and confusion fill the story.
There's little more I can say without giving spoilers away, which I won't do.
The narration is excellent, and the choice to use two narrators works perfectly with this novel.
This book is exciting, pacey, and never stops. Any fan of of Crime and Thrillers will enjoy it, but if you like films such as "Inside Man", "Law Abiding Citizen", "Se7en", and any such taut thrillers you will love this book. You COULD watch 5 films, or you could listen to this ONE book.
Choose the book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-03-24
Poor, unrealistic
Had potential, no where near as good as previous books - sorry Imran but last one for me, lost any complexity…
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