What Doesn't Kill You (A DI Fenchurch novel)
What Doesn't Kill You (A DI Fenchurch novel) book cover

What Doesn't Kill You (A DI Fenchurch novel)

Paperback – April 20, 2017

Price
$9.08
Format
Paperback
Pages
396
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1503942325
Dimensions
5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
Weight
14.4 ounces

Description

About the Author Ed James writes crime-fiction novels. What Doesn’t Kill You is the third novel in his latest series, set on the gritty streets of east London and featuring DI Simon Fenchurch. His Scott Cullen series features a young Edinburgh detective constable investigating crimes from the bottom rung of the career ladder he’s desperate to climb. Set four hundred miles south on the streets of East London, his DI Simon Fenchurch trilogy features a detective with little to lose, fighting to uncover the conspiracy that tore his family apart. Formerly an IT manager, Ed began writing on planes, trains and automobiles to fill his weekly commute to London. He now writes full-time and lives in East Lothian, Scotland, with his girlfriend and a menagerie of rescued animals.

Features & Highlights

  • The body of a young City lawyer is discovered on an East London building site, assaulted and brutally murdered. Initial enquiries lead DI Simon Fenchurch to a driver employed by Travis, a controversial new app-based cab company. Within days another woman—a Travis driver—is found murdered.
  • As the body count goes up, DI Fenchurch and his colleagues on the East London Major Investigation Team delve into the crimes and unveil a murky conspiracy that some will do anything to keep hidden.
  • When familiar faces begin to emerge from the shadows, Fenchurch realises this case is more personal than he’d thought. Could he finally be on the brink of solving the mystery that has dogged him for over a decade: who abducted his daughter, Chloe—and where is she now?

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A Good read, read in one (long) sitting!

I received this book as an advance copy direct from the author via Netgalley and have read it in more or less one sitting. This is the third of Ed's books about Ian Fenchurch who is a London based detective.
The story begins with an investigation into a shooting and quickly things get complicated and we are reminded that Ian and his wife Abi are victims themselves after their daughter was kidnapped 11 years ago. That crime was never solved and Ian and his father (who was also a policemen) are constantly trying to find information on what happened. Ian's wife Abi is newly pregnant and there are tender moments when the two discuss their lost daughter Chloe, and the way they have tried to deal with it, as well as the emotions involved in preparing to have another child.
The action is fast and swoops around London which the author appears to have researched very well. As well as London police, there is involvement from national and serious crime agencies too. The body toll spirals, almost out of control at times, and soon it becomes apparent that Chloe's disappearance is also connected. There is good characterisation and development of characters from previous books I won't give away the ending, but suffice to say you won't be disappointed and hopefully the door is still open to take us on into the next chapter in Ian's life.