Simisola (v.o.)In an English town, Inspector Wexford investigates attacks on black women which lead to murder. A study of the slave-like condition of foreign domestics in Britain, who are not given the status of immigrants so they can be deported if they agitate for more money. |
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User Review - JalenV - LibraryThingI've been getting used to Ms. Rendell not revealing the source of her Inspector Wexford titles until late in each book, some later than others. For SIMISOLA, we have to wait until almost the last ... Read full review
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User Review - jayne_charles - LibraryThingMy favourite of the Wexford novels. This begins with an amusingly recounted incident in the doctor's waiting room, and goes on to introduce (it seems) every inhabitant of the town where a young girl ... Read full review
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| Title | Simisola (v.o.) Chief Inspector Wexford Volume 16 of Inspector Wexford mystery, Ruth Rendell |
| Author | Ruth Rendell |
| Publisher | Hutchinson, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0091791618, 9780091791612 |
| Length | 323 pages |
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