Simisola (v.o.)Hutchinson, 1994 - 323 pages 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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Page 154
... Dora , I've been longing for you to meet Alexander and Cookie Dix . Cookie , darling , this is Reg Wexford who is a terribly important police chief . ' Cookie ? How on earth did anyone get a name like that ? She was getting on for a ...
... Dora , I've been longing for you to meet Alexander and Cookie Dix . Cookie , darling , this is Reg Wexford who is a terribly important police chief . ' Cookie ? How on earth did anyone get a name like that ? She was getting on for a ...
Page 157
... Dora or , come to that , between Cookie Dix and the diminutive architect . Susan said , ' Do you know my husband ? ' Introductions were made . Unlike his son , Swithun Riding responded . He smiled and uttered the usual archaism that was ...
... Dora or , come to that , between Cookie Dix and the diminutive architect . Susan said , ' Do you know my husband ? ' Introductions were made . Unlike his son , Swithun Riding responded . He smiled and uttered the usual archaism that was ...
Page 227
... Dora was . ' Now Dora , my dear , ' she said . ' I've the whole of this street to do tonight and all the next one - politics is hard work - but I've come to you first , the very first , because I feel we three have something special ...
... Dora was . ' Now Dora , my dear , ' she said . ' I've the whole of this street to do tonight and all the next one - politics is hard work - but I've come to you first , the very first , because I feel we three have something special ...
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