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 205
... Karen told her what she wanted , Mhonum Ling beckoned rather peremptorily to her brother - in - law and cocked her head in the direction of the counter . He came at once . She looked at the picture . ' Who's this ? ' ' You don't know ...
... Karen told her what she wanted , Mhonum Ling beckoned rather peremptorily to her brother - in - law and cocked her head in the direction of the counter . He came at once . She looked at the picture . ' Who's this ? ' ' You don't know ...
Page 213
... Karen was waiting for him when he got to Castlegate at five past . The hoarding outside the block was covered with posters of Anouk Khoori , no fewer than ten of them , pasted up side by side . He and Karen picked their way across the ...
... Karen was waiting for him when he got to Castlegate at five past . The hoarding outside the block was covered with posters of Anouk Khoori , no fewer than ten of them , pasted up side by side . He and Karen picked their way across the ...
Page 312
... Karen put on lights and the sky outside the window turned to a streaming twilight . She gave Sophie a chair . Wexford sat down behind his desk . ' It was you sent me that question about a rapist at the Women , Aware ! meeting ? ' She ...
... Karen put on lights and the sky outside the window turned to a streaming twilight . She gave Sophie a chair . Wexford sat down behind his desk . ' It was you sent me that question about a rapist at the Women , Aware ! meeting ? ' She ...
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