The Burning Fears

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**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 a horrendous attack three years before. When notorious escort Lynda Brown is killed in front of Maureen’s eyes, she and Mick 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, even if this investigation proves to be their last?PRAISE FOR KATY MASSEY:’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’Loved it. A gem!’ – Bernardine Evaristo on Are We Home Yet?