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 44
... answer from Flat One , he rang the Harrises ' bell . No answer there either . The front door had a lock at the top , a lock in the middle , and a brass knob , now tarnished black . On the off chance Burden tried the handle and to his ...
... answer from Flat One , he rang the Harrises ' bell . No answer there either . The front door had a lock at the top , a lock in the middle , and a brass knob , now tarnished black . On the off chance Burden tried the handle and to his ...
Page 78
... answer this WPC Scott , the rape adviser , was asked a difficult question about so - called ' date rape ' from someone who sounded like a victim . Clare Scott did her best to answer the unanswerable and Mrs Khoori , having opened the ...
... answer this WPC Scott , the rape adviser , was asked a difficult question about so - called ' date rape ' from someone who sounded like a victim . Clare Scott did her best to answer the unanswerable and Mrs Khoori , having opened the ...
Page 139
... answer . Not that I had any suspicions even then . I thought he just wasn't answering . I was in bed by the time he got home . It was after half - past ten , nearer eleven . ' ' Oh , let her rave . ' ' I'm a truthful person , he knows ...
... answer . Not that I had any suspicions even then . I thought he just wasn't answering . I was in bed by the time he got home . It was after half - past ten , nearer eleven . ' ' Oh , let her rave . ' ' I'm a truthful person , he knows ...
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