Katy Massey - Böcker

Explore the lives of the Windrush generation in thisfull-colour anthology.With a foreword from Baroness Floella Benjamin, DBE.This book presents 12 moving tales of sacrifice and bravery,inspired by first-hand accounts of the Windrush generation. "Home ain't jus' where you live. Home is your heart an' yer history." Each inspiring story helps to bring the real experience of BlackBritish people into focus.Produced in partnership with Black Cultural Archives to honourthe Windrush generation.Includes ten photo-packed fact sections.   The contributors: K. N. Chimbiri, Kevin George, Salena Godden, Judy Hepburn, AshleyHickson-Lovence, Kirsty Latoya, Katy Massey, E. L. Norry, Quincythe Comedian, Jermain Jackman. With cover art by Joelle Avelino. Black Cultural Archives is the only national heritage centrededicated to collecting, preserving and celebrating the historiesof Black people in Britain.50p from every copy sold goes to BCA.  Listed on two of BOOKS FOR TOPICS lists:Black History BooklistBlack British History

'Powerful, provocative, beautiful and unforgettable. All Us Sinners is a chilling, moving, majestic debut' --- CHRIS WHITAKERLeeds, 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?

'Powerful, provocative, beautiful and unforgettable. All Us Sinners is a chilling, moving, majestic debut' --- CHRIS WHITAKERLeeds, 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?

'Powerful, provocative, beautiful and unforgettable. All Us Sinners is a chilling, moving, majestic debut' --- CHRIS WHITAKER*WINNER OF THE ILP JOHN CREASEY FIRST NOVEL DAGGER 2025* 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.

**THE GRIPPING NEW NOVEL FROM WINNER OF THE ILP JOHN CREASEY FIRST NOVEL DAGGER 2025, KATY MASSEY**Leeds 1982. As a city struggles to break free of the past, evil finds a new place to hide.DS Mick Hunniford, tired and tainted by the botched Yorkshire Ripper investigation, is yesterday's man, his career hanging by a thread.Maureen, owner of Leeds's leading brothel, struggles to recover from an horrendous attack three years before. When notorious escort Lynda Brown is killed in front of Maureen's eyes, they find themselves drawn together once more. The pair must face a new killer, with new appetites, one which dwells among the city's elites. Can they put the past behind them once and for all, or will this investigation prove to be their last?