{"id":12233,"date":"2019-03-18T16:47:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T20:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=12233"},"modified":"2019-03-18T16:47:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T20:47:33","slug":"the-hope-that-kills-by-ed-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=12233","title":{"rendered":"‘The Hope That Kills,’ by Ed James"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I thought it was time<\/strong> to try another British crime series. Ed James\u2019s DI Fenchurch novels are going cheap right now, so I thought I\u2019d start with the first, The Hope That Kills<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon Fenchurch is a police inspector in east London. He\u2019s a\nhollow man, ruined by a family tragedy. Ten years ago, his little girl Chloe\ndisappeared, and has never been seen again. On top of his regular case load,\nFenchurch is constantly running down leads on Chloe \u2013 missing persons cases,\nunidentified bodies. No luck. His marriage has broken up, and he\u2019s always at\nodds with his superiors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a young prostitute is found stabbed to death in the\nstreets, Fenchurch is electrified. The victim isn\u2019t Chloe, but she could be.\nRight age, similar appearance. This motivates him into a frenzied, sleepless investigation\nin which he violates all the rules and lines of command. The trail leads to the\nrich and powerful, and to a criminal scheme almost incredible in its\ndegeneracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not sure about this series yet. There\u2019s no charm in it.\nJust passion. And it\u2019s depressing. Probably pretty realistic (except for Fenchurch\u2019s\nscenes physically chasing criminals, which seem cinematic and repetitive). Also\nthe final solution, which I just described as \u201calmost incredible,\u201d does seem a\nlittle over the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the ending of the story was somewhat hopeful, and I\u2019m\ngiving the second book a chance. I\u2019ll let you know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cautions for language, violence, and disturbing situations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought it was time to try another British crime series. Ed James\u2019s DI Fenchurch novels are going cheap right now, so I thought I\u2019d start with the first, The Hope That Kills. Simon Fenchurch is a police inspector in east London. He\u2019s a hollow man, ruined by a family tragedy. Ten years ago, his … Continue reading ‘The Hope That Kills,’ by Ed James<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,15],"tags":[760,838,2900],"class_list":["post-12233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-reviews","tag-di-fenchurch","tag-ed-james","tag-the-hope-that-kills"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}