Beskrivning
Beskrivning
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
