Book Review: The Hope That Kills by Ed James

 Book Review

 

Basic Details:

Book Title: The Hope That Kills

Subtitle: (DI Fenchurch #1)

Author: Ed James

Genre: Crime Fiction

Part of a series? Yes

Order in series: 1

Best read after earlier books in series?

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29343597-the-hope-that-kills

Overall score:

I scored this book 5/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

DI Fenchurch is tasked with solving the mystery about young women ending up dead with their throats slashed. They are all older teenagers who appear to work in the sex trade. Why were they targeted and who are they?

What I liked about the book:

The book is suspenseful with many twists and turns. A real page-turner.

What I didn’t like about the book:

I really loved the book.

My favourite bits in the book:

Where DI Fenchurch gets closer to the truth.

My least favourite bits in the book:

I enjoyed the entire book.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

This is the first in a series and I couldn’t stop myself from reading a few more after this one.

What books could this be compared to and why?

This is a great crime novel. It is a real page-turner and action-packed.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:

 

Children	No
Young Adult	Maybe
Adult	Yes

 

If you like murder mysteries full of suspense, this may be the book for you.

I’m certainly looking forward to reading more by this author.

Book Description by Author:

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 prostitute. To Fenchurch, however, she could just as easily be Chloe, his daughter still missing after ten years, whose memory still haunts his days and nights, his burning obsession having killed his marriage.

 

When a second body is discovered, 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.

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