2 dead prostitutes, a deep investigation reveals sex trafficking & DI Fenchurch plus his team looking for the offenders. overall a good book, but has too many characters!!

Thanks to netgalley for the ARC.

Started this series yesterday. This is the first book to feature DI Simon Fenchurch. An interesting, believable character. It’s great to get to know new characters as a series starts and I think I’m kinda going to like Simon Fenchurch.

An interesting start, a gripping storyline. This is going to be a series to follow. Lucky for me I’m a little behind so after reading this one I’ve been able to start the 2nd book. A bonus is reading a series back to back.

Omg......... this book was amazing I flew threw the pages with Olympic speed I was hooked from the very first page. I found it full of twists and turns threw out and it kept me on the edge of my seat all the way threw  I would defiantly recommend this book if you like a good book to keep you reading threw the night hopefully you enjoy it as much as I did

I love thrillers and this book by Ed James is great. I was really impressed with the writing and will read many more books by Mr. James.

Riveting. This police procedural is a great start to a new series. The plot was cleverly crafted and kept me awake until I arrived at the ending. I look forward to reading the second book.
Many thanks to Thomas & Mercer and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

No longer interested in reading this. Clearing out old galleys.

Oh my giddy aunt.....what a book! The Hope That Kills which is the first book in the DI Fenchurch series has been sitting on pile for far to long. I am now wishing that I had read it sooner. On the plus side I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am that I have not only a new author to read. But also a new detective series! Hell yes!

By chapter 5 I knew that this book was something good because I found myself laughing out loud at the sarcasm between the detectives. Fenchurch is a strong character who I have taken an instant liking to, he is a broken man with the disappearance of his daughter some years ago.

A body of a young woman is found on the streets of London with no ID. Fenchurch and his team are on the case trying and piece together the murder. With no one caring, it's just another Prostitute to them. But to Fenchurch it could easily be his daughter.Then a second body is discovered, things get deeper with the investigation which takes us into the sex trade.

We have plenty of police procedure in this story. The author has thrown in plenty of background information in, so I loved that we really get to know Fenchurch has a character with him having to face his past.

The Hope That Kills is unputdownable in fact it is so damn good I am about to start the second one. You will find plenty of twists and turns and will have you sucked in from start to finish. I couldn't put it down.

The whole time I was reading this I could visualize it being on TV. I loved the author's style of writing. It is certainly a fast paced easy read and a brilliant start to a series I cannot wait to read what is in store next for Fenchurch

I cannot recommend this enough giving it 5 massive stars.

Well, this is embarrassing. I posted this review in April about the wrong book. I read " Worth Killing for" and posted it for "The Hope That Kills". I am very sorry and apologize to Mr. James and to readers. There is no excuse for my carelessness but I can tell you want happened. The books are bland and not interesting and it isn't clear in my head which is which.

I received a review copy of "The Hope that Kills The Hope that Kills" A DI Fenchurch Novel, Book 1" by Ed James (Thomas & Mercer) through NetGalley.com.

Set in London, this story moves seamlessly between the sleazy streets of the sex trade to the affluence of the City and it's banking high-rises.
DI Simon Fenchurch checks the PNC records every day for possible news of his daughter Chloe, who 'disappeared' ten years ago when she was only eight. When met with a case centring on the dead body of a young girl, he makes mental connections with his daughter's disappearance. Even his own father, back working on cold cases, hasn't given up on finding Chloe but his concern for his son's obsessive actions is endearing.
Fenchurch and his team, along with seemingly reluctant colleagues from Vice, have very little to work on. But determination forces them on and persistence gives rise to a potential suspect. However before they can track him down, a second brutally murdered young girl turns up. Suddenly the clues back up their evidence and they move in on their perpetrator.
Without spoiling anything for future readers, suffice it to say, the plot gets grimier and darker as the tension mounts.
The mix of Fenchurch's own personal 'gremlins' and the need to solve the case adds up to a thrilling read, with believable situations, some dry humour (and digs at dear old Boris as former London Mayor) and a cast of characters that offer both unity and conflict. It is by no means an easy case, but it has the added impetus of interesting backstory and nicely woven subplots.

A fairly good read but at times found it a little tedious

I am late with reading this novel, which I finally finished recently.

I loved the cover, which initially caught my attention. Crime fiction has always been my favourite genre and the first time that I can recall reading any novels by this author. Loved the story, which was quite a page turner. I love crime that takes place around the area that I was born and raised.

great read and easy to follow story line. look forward to reading more from this author.

So sorry but tried 4 times to get into this book but sadly unable to, however I have read a couple of his books and enjoyed them.

The story centers around DI Simon Fenchurch as he and his team investigate the brutal murder of a young prostitute. As the investigation progresses DI Fenchurch finds himself having to deal with ghosts from his past that echo throughout his present case. One murder is followed by another, there appear to be links to human trafficking, police corruption, and a lot of other nasty business.

I didn't particularly care for this novel. The beginning was somewhat confusing, introducing way too many characters in too short of time made it very hard to keep up with who was who. Once it got going the story almost immediately slowed to a crawl before eventually picking up again about a quarter way through. I've read many books by authors from the UK (I'm American) and rarely had any trouble understanding the terms being used either through context or by a glossary of some sort in the book. With The Hope That Kills there were so many words, slang, abbreviations, etc. that I just didn't get... as well as jokes between the characters that I didn't understand. I'm not sure if it's the fault of the author or myself but either way it made for a difficult read at times.

Several of the characters, especially the "bad guys" didn't ring true. More than once a hard-core tough would be in interrogation refusing to speak and then suddenly, for no discernible reason, he would break and give them a piece to the ongoing puzzle.

I can't really recommend this book to anyone. It might be perfect for someone but it wasn't for me.

This book has adult language, adult situations, sexual situations, and violence.

This book was absorbing and well written blending the human elements of police work and the street life of the city in a human story. More please of this author as he has the right mixture for me and with very good storytelling will no doubt appeal to many like me. I would certainly recommend this book and it's author.

Thanks to netgalley for the opportunity yo have read this great novel. This is the second novel by Mr James I've read lately and honestly I can't wait to read another one. DI Fenchurch is portrayed as a human detective, and not just a detective and portrayed in a sympathetic light due to his daughter's disappearance. Very good read. Highly recommended.

Enjoyable series by a new author. Good story. The characters were well written, and the story flowed well.

I read this book after I had already read the first book however this was not a problem, as the main characters are in both. In my view this book is better than the first DI Fenchurch novel as the story line is stronger. For those of you who like to be kept in suspense right until the last few pages then this book is not for you. There are no real twists and turns in the Fenchurch novels but the procedural aspects of policing are gripping. Fenchurch and the team work really well together both operationally and as colleagues, and there is scope for further development in future novels - which I look forward to reading.