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The Hope That Kills

DI Fenchurch East London Crime Thrillers, Book 1

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The Hope That Kills

By: Ed James
Narrated by: Angus King
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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.

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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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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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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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I listened to the sample and thought it was “right up my street”, but I actually found it hard going. without Angus Kings brilliant narrative I am not sure I would finished listening to the end.

Great Narration.

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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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