Eyes Like Mine: 'Utterly compelling . . . Will stay with you for a long, long time' Jeffery Deaver

by Sheena Kamal

'A brave, unflinching heroine and brave, unflinching writing adds up to an extraordinary debut - highly recommended' LEE CHILD

'Utterly compelling, rich with voice and psychological insight, populated with heartbreakingly real characters, Eyes Like Mine will stay with you for a long, long time. Perhaps forever' JEFFERY DEAVER

It's late. The phone rings.
The man on the other end says his daughter is missing.
Your daughter.
The baby you gave away over fifteen years ago.
What do you do?

• ISBN10: 1785762567
• ISBN13: 9781785762567
• Publish Date: 9 February 2017 (first published 1 February 2017)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Zaffre
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 320
• Language: English

Reviews

[Joséphine]

Actual rating: 3.5 stars

Initial thoughts: On the whole, I enjoyed reading Eyes Like Mine. I don't read a lot of thrillers but this one interested me because it's written by a WOC. As much I love reading books with ethnically diverse characters and often seek them out, I've never read a mystery or thriller novel with a multiracial protagonist. I'm glad Eyes Like Mine changed that.

Another reason I was interested in this book was that the premise reminded me a little bit of a favourite TV show of mine: Frequency. It was about a detective who tried to save her father’s as well as her mother's lives.

Eyes Like Mine is about a PI who tries to find her missing daughter, which thus also brings family and mystery together. Well, except that Nora had given up her daughter for adoption and had no previous relationship. That gave it a very different sort of dynamic. Still, stakes are higher if there's a deeper personal attachment to the case.

I liked how these two element that I looked forward to played out, although somehow, the parts about the chase, solving mysteries and such didn't engage me as much as I'd hoped. Half the time, I didn't feel the urgency and the threat of the abduction. It's only towards the end when people's lives were evidently on the line, that I wondered how things would work out.

Note: I received a copy from the publisher for a sponsored promotional post on Instagram in line with the publication of the paperback edition. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.