The Unsolved Case

Preeti Sharma

Far From You
By Tess Sharpe


Have you ever lost a loved one? Maybe a family or friend. Have you ever suffered through something as terrifying as a car accident? Maybe you know someone who has a drug addiction. Seventeen year old Sophie Winters has been through it all. At the age of fourteen she escaped a car accident which gave her a limping walk and an addiction to Oxy. At seventeen, Sophie and her best friend Mina, were confronted by a masked man. Sophie Winters is shocked and speechless as she sees Mina lying on the cold ground in the woods; a once beating heart, now stopped. The cops show up at the crime scene which looks to be a drug deal gone wrong, with the man in the mask gone and the blame given to Sophie. Everyone refuses to believe what is true: Sophie has been clean for months.
As she returns from the Seaside Rehabilitation Institution, she has the same goal that she has when she went in: To find Mina's killer. Sophie Winters struggles with every obstacle that comes in her way. With her bum leg, her parents afraid she'll relapse, Mina's brother, Trevor, not speaking to her, and counting down the days she's been clean, her determination for finding the murderer keeps her going. Sophie Winters is the girl with a lot of courage, love, and motivation. She turned her life around just for Mina. From quitting her drug addiction to finding justice in this unsolved case, she won't give up.
I recommend this book to anyone interested in mysteries. You see the story bounce back from the past to the present. It's full of suspense and very intriguing. The story pulls you in and is told in a lot of detail. I feel like it's relate-able to those who are going through a difficult time with the scenarios mentioned in the beginning.