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The impressive and moving debut crime novel from huge new talent Katy Massey opens up a world we have rarely seen, at a time of great danger and drama. Leeds, 1977. A chill lies over the city: sex workers are being murdered by a serial killer they are calling the ''Ripper'', the streets creeping with fear. Tough, sharp, but tender, Maureen runs Rio''s, a clean, discreet brothel in the city. She''s a good boss who takes great care of her workers - especially her best girls, Bev and Anette. The Ripper may be terrifying girls who work the street, but at Rio''s the girls seem safer. But when…mehr

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The impressive and moving debut crime novel from huge new talent Katy Massey opens up a world we have rarely seen, at a time of great danger and drama. Leeds, 1977. A chill lies over the city: sex workers are being murdered by a serial killer they are calling the ''Ripper'', the streets creeping with fear. Tough, sharp, but tender, Maureen runs Rio''s, a clean, discreet brothel in the city. She''s a good boss who takes great care of her workers - especially her best girls, Bev and Anette. The Ripper may be terrifying girls who work the street, but at Rio''s the girls seem safer. But when Bev''s sweet-natured son is found beaten to death, a figure from Maureen''s past, DS Mick Hunniford, shows up at her door. Does his arrival herald danger or salvation? And who can Maureen really trust? PRAISE FOR KATY MASSEY ''Loved it. A gem!'' --- BERNARDINE EVARISTO ''Wonderful'' --- LOUISE DOUGHTY ''Funny, pin-sharp and wise, Katy''s writing gets under your skin and right into your heart'' --- KIT DE WAAL
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Katy was a journalist for 15 years before studying for an MA and PhD in Creative Writing from Newcastle University. Her memoir, Are we home yet? was published in 2020 and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize and the Portico Prize. In addition, her fiction and nonfiction has been widely anthologised, including Common People edited by Kit de Waal, The Place for Me, and Glimpse. All Us Sinners is her first novel.