Title: Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Culture: Turkish, Moroccan, English
Themes: Marriage dissolution, Limits of trust, Secrets, Everyone’s a suspect

Teen secrets, paranoia and the guilty

Favorite Quote: It is better to let nine guilty people go free than to convict one innocent person of a crime they did not commit.

This was so good! Aa an absolute page turner, Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood tells the story of the King family and their missing daughter. But not everything is what it seems and Sophie’s parents will not stop to find the truth….no matter the cost.

This fast-paced easy to follow novel captures you in the first chapter; a classic "whodunit” but with unexpecting plot twists that keep guessing. Mahmood does a fantastic job of developing both of the main characters -Mr. and Mrs. King from who they are as individuals to there complicated but loving marriage. With ease, Mahmood shows what makes each of them tick, dives deep into their psyche, and plays on their deepest fears to show their transformation to who they really are inside.

One of the best qualities of this novel is that it is written from culturally diverse parents, specifically Muslim parents. Trauma, despair, and grief happen to use all but culturally it is significantly different. How we worship, pray and seek forgives is different from one culture to the next and Mahmood brilliantly shows what this looks like from the Muslim perspective. From the small details of the Mosque to the interactions with the imam.

A big thank you to NetGalley for the advanced reader copy!