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Start with The Hope That Kills and continue through all 10 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Ed James • Published 2016
Ten years after his daughter Chloe was abducted, DI Simon Fenchurch is still working East London’s streets and searching for answers. When a young woman is found murdered, the case pulls him into a world of gangs, exp...
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Di Fenchurch reading order
Ends with Hope to Die
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Book 1:The Hope That Kills
Ed James • 2016
Ten years after his daughter Chloe was abducted, DI Simon Fenchurch is still working East London’s streets and searching for answers. When a young woman is found murdered, the case pulls him into a world of gangs, exp...
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Book 2:Worth Killing For
Ed James • 2016
Fenchurch and his wife witness a young woman stabbed on a busy London street and he chases down a hoodie with a stash of stolen phones. The evidence does not fit, his superiors remove him from the case, and he must in...
- 3
Book 3:What Doesn't Kill You
Ed James • 2017
A City lawyer is discovered murdered on an East London building site, and soon another woman linked to a ride-hailing app suffers the same fate. As Fenchurch traces the victims’ connections to a controversial cab comp...
- 4
Book 4:In for the Kill
Ed James • 2018
A high-flying university student is found strangled in her flat, apparently every tutor’s favourite. DI Simon Fenchurch discovers she was living a double life, performing on webcam for a London crime boss. With suspec...
- 5
Book 5:Kill with Kindness
Ed James • 2018
When a teacher notorious for an affair with a pupil is found dead in a London hotel, suspected of being poisoned, Fenchurch and his team must sift scandal from fact. The deeper they probe into the victim’s past, the m...
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Book 6:Kill the Messenger
Ed James • 2019
A young woman is crushed between a London bus and a white van in what looks like a tragic accident. DI Simon Fenchurch soon realises she was targeted, and that new gangs and new predators are battling for control of h...
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Book 7:Dead Man's Shoes
Ed James • 2020
A brutal murder on Fenchurch’s East London patch exposes a turf war where no one is innocent and everyone has something to hide. Balancing the investigation with a fragile family life, he must decide how much he is pr...
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Book 8:A Hill to Die On
Ed James • 2021
Probationary PC Chloe Fenchurch discovers a dry but drowned body at London’s Tower Hill Memorial, a man she knows from her grandfather’s past. As Simon Fenchurch investigates linked deaths among former officers, burie...
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Book 9:The Last Thing to Die
Ed James • 2022
Now a DCI, Simon Fenchurch is drawn into a murder on the boundary between the City and East London, where every thread points toward a newly freed crime boss. As witnesses vanish and old enemies resurface, his hard-wo...
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Book 10:Hope to Die
Ed James • 2023
Years after Chloe’s abduction, Fenchurch faces a case that echoes every fear he has ever had as a father. A fresh murder and new information about old enemies force him to confront the possibility that the answers he...
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Di Fenchurch FAQ
What is the best order to read the Di Fenchurch series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Hope That Kills.
How many books are in the Di Fenchurch series?
There are 10 books currently listed in the Di Fenchurch series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Di Fenchurch series?
New readers should start with The Hope That Kills, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Di Fenchurch series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2016 to 2023.