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The Hope That Kills

DI Fenchurch East London Crime Thrillers, Book 1

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Meet Simon Fenchurch, detective inspector working the Met’s East London beat. Honest and funny but damaged, he’s working a case that could give him answers to his deepest trauma....

The body of a young woman is found on the streets of East London, in the shadow of the City’s gleaming towers. No ID on her, just hard-earned cash. But there is no doubting the ferocity of the attack.

DI Simon Fenchurch takes charge, but as his team tries to identify her and piece together her murder, they’re faced with cruel indifference at every turn—nobody cares about yet another dead sex worker.

To Fenchurch, however, the victim could just as easily be Chloe, his daughter, abducted from outside his home and still missing 10 years on, whose memory still haunts his days and nights, his burning obsession having killed his marriage.

When a second body is found, Fenchurch must peel back the grimy layers shrouding the London sex trade, confronting his own traumatic past while racing to undo a scheme larger, more complex and more evil than anything he could possibly have imagined.

For fans of Ian Rankin, Mark Billingham, Alex Smith, and JD Kirk, The Hope That Kills is the novel that introduced listeners to troubled Detective Simon Fenchurch.

©2017, 2020 Scott Cullen Ltd (P)2023 Grey Dog Audio Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Fiction England Crime
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I wasn’t sure at the beginning if the story or the characters would grab me, and it took a while but suddenly I realised they had.
Interesting characters and story and well narrated by Angus King who really does have an amazing skill.

Interesting Start to a new series

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throughly enjoyed this book/audio tape had to keep guessing.
subject matter dark .
Great book .
there you go .... 15 words as required to type.

A great read /listen .

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Found the story a bit slow, however saved by the excellent narration of Angus King that kept me going. Was surprisingly great at the English accents and the Welsh accent, and of course his own Scottish variations are brilliant.

Good story, great narration

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Great characters, with plenty of twists and turns!

Narration by Angus King was fabulous, as always. Looking forward to listening to the next one (and hope the others in the series are in audible soon)!

Great story, really enjoyed this book

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I have previously really enjoyed Ed James' books, specifically the Borders MIT stories. This was slow and unexciting. I found it a real struggle to push on with; the story was disappointing and characters dull. Good narration though.

So slow.

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