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 58
... Ingrid Pamber said it quietly but dramatically . She sat down opposite Wexford , and sat with care , but her skirt was too short not to rise six inches above her knees . The sideways attitude she sat in , knees and ankles close together ...
... Ingrid Pamber said it quietly but dramatically . She sat down opposite Wexford , and sat with care , but her skirt was too short not to rise six inches above her knees . The sideways attitude she sat in , knees and ankles close together ...
Page 93
... Ingrid asked her what Bruce had given her for Christmas and Annette said nothing , he never gave her anything , she'd never had a present from him . He needed everything he had for his family . Mind you , according to Ingrid , Annette ...
... Ingrid asked her what Bruce had given her for Christmas and Annette said nothing , he never gave her anything , she'd never had a present from him . He needed everything he had for his family . Mind you , according to Ingrid , Annette ...
Page 95
... Ingrid Pamber . Not another print had been found in the whole place . It seemed as if Annette's home had not only been her castle , it had been the cell where she passed her solitary confinement . The thief of the electronic equipment ...
... Ingrid Pamber . Not another print had been found in the whole place . It seemed as if Annette's home had not only been her castle , it had been the cell where she passed her solitary confinement . The thief of the electronic equipment ...
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