Her Best Girls

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