{"product_id":"9781529439724","title":"The Woman Who Laughed","description":"Author: Simon Mason\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529439724\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Jun 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The very definition of unputdownable' David Peace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mason packs more into 200 pages than many writers do at twice the length' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the first months of 2020 there was a spate of murders of Black sex workers in northern cities. One of them was Ella Bailey, last seen talking to a punter in an alley in Sheffield city centre, and although no trace of her was ever found, the punter, Michael Godley, soon confessed to all three murders.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFive years later, as another sex worker is murdered in the same district, the bag Ella had been carrying with her reappears, hanging on the door handles of a cafe, and a local vagrant claims to have seen Ella sitting on a bench in a churchyard near the site of the murder. South Yorkshire Police call in the Finder.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins a search that takes him back to the strange days of the pandemic, to talk to those who knew Ella best, such as her wayward girlfriend 'Loz', abusive boyfriend Caine Poynton-Smith and respectable foster-parents still struggling to come to terms with Ella's life. How did their intelligent, strong-willed daughter - bright student and national schoolgirl athletics champion - end up in that alley?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs fear grips the city, our Finder must court danger to discover the truth.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46363171782814,"sku":"ADS-9781529439724","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529439724.jpg?v=1767313618","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529439724","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}