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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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Found it a bit slow to start with and I found myself easily distracted from the story. About 2 hours in I became gripped. Very well read.

Enjoyed it though it took a while to get going

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A hard-hitting story, with believable characters, perfectly brought to life. Looking forward to the next one already.

Gritty yet emotional

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just finished fenchurch audible book 1 another great read / listen from Ed 😁.
Looking forward to the development of characters and story.
Angus did a cracking job Narrating, I was a little worried with it being based in London as I'm so used to Angus playing the Scottish Detective lead but he really pulled it off with fenchurch it was a complete opposite to his normal characters and loved the change to the London lingo lol
I've read all of Eds books and most books Narrated by Angus from other talented authors. Ed and Angus make a great team you won't be disappointed it's an edge of the seat read and looking forward to listening to the other books in the series when released 😁

Amazing read

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This audiobook has me in two minds. It certainly benefits from having Angus King narrating it though I found it very difficult to tune into the (for me) strange accents and subsequently know who was 'talking'. The ending didn't seem to tie up everything in the storyline, especially who all the men were - seemed to be 'hundreds' all moaning unless I've misheard. I listened back a number of times and am none the wiser. I suspect that all will be revealed in a future book - so annoying!

All the domestic stuff is so wearying, the final 20 minutes or so were unnecessary and took a crime / detective book into the realms of a romantic novel. Ed James isn't alone in adopting this trait which doesn't make it less unwanted.

I don't like a book leaving loose ends which are tied up in the next in the series.

Mmmm..not sure

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Couldn’t stop listening to Angus narrate this book, all the way through was exciting and I can’t wait for the next book next month! Ed has a great head for writing!! 😁

Loved it!

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throughly enjoyed this book/audio tape had to keep guessing.
subject matter dark .
Great book .
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A great read /listen .

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Every series has a first and this was a good starter. A bit slow at first, just setting the scene and introducing the main characters, but soon became a great story. Brilliant multi cast performance as usual from one of my favourite narrators, Angus King., Looking forward to the next.

Good start to a new series

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Good story, Great narration from Angus King as usual, looking forward to the next one.

Great listen

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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 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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