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?
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.
'A masterful debut crime novel... Clever and compelling' --- WOMAN & HOME
'I loved this. It takes a fresh and moving look at a series of crimes we all think we know well. The writing is terrific, conveying the fear and the grief of the women who lived through this with tender respect' --- EMMA FLINT
'A gripping and important story imbued with suspense, giving voice to the forgotten women in the gruesome shadows of the Yorkshire Ripper' --- DIANA EVANS
'A book about real women, vivid, complex and tender from a great new voice. You'll love it' --- KIT DE WAAL
'Loved it. A gem!' --- BERNARDINE EVARISTO on Are We Home Yet?
'Wonderful' --- LOUISE DOUGHTY on Are We Home Yet?
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781408729694
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 520 g
Dimensions: 236 x 158 x 30 mm
Powerful, provocative, beautiful and unforgettable. All Us Sinners is a chilling, moving, majestic debut and Katy Massey is a wonderful storyteller - Chris Whitaker
A masterful debut crime novel... Clever and compelling - Woman & Home
I loved this. It takes a fresh and moving look at a series of crimes we all think we know well. The writing is terrific, conveying the fear and the grief of the women who lived through this with tender respect. - Emma Flint
A gripping and important story imbued with suspense, giving voice to the forgotten women in the gruesome shadows of the Yorkshire Ripper - Diana Evans
Enthrallingly exciting - Heat
A book about real women, vivid, complex and tender from a great new voice. You'll love it - Kit de Waal
Both immersive and terrifying . . . Massey's unique insight into the world about which she writes invests All Us Sinners with an authority and authenticity - Perspective
Thank you to the publishers for this early review copy.
As I started reading this book and to past half way all I could think was would make a great TV crime drama, but as the plot started to reach it's...
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All Us Sinners by Kate Massey a debut book by the author and it is an impressive debut. The book is based at the time of the Yorkshire Ripper. Leeds, 1977 and Maureen runs a clean and discreet brothel in the city and... More
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Al Us Sinners is the first novel by British author, Katy Massey. When she was fifteen, Maureen was left orphaned and homeless when her mother inexplicably disappeared. Twenty years on, her massage parour,...
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