The Burning Fears by Katy Massey Published: 30 July 2026

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?

Author: Katy Massey

Crime & mystery

Published on 30 July 2026 by Little, Brown Book Group (Sphere) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 288 pages
198 x 126