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 171
... body has been found , ' Wexford said . “ That is , we are as certain as we can be without a positive identification that this is Melanie . ' Laurette beckoned her son . ' Come and sit down again , Patrick . ' Her voice was quite steady ...
... body has been found , ' Wexford said . “ That is , we are as certain as we can be without a positive identification that this is Melanie . ' Laurette beckoned her son . ' Come and sit down again , Patrick . ' Her voice was quite steady ...
Page 173
... body on the slab - or rather the face , for the poor empty body was now entirely concealed under plastic sheeting - looked a good deal better than when first unearthed . It even appeared as if decomposition was less advanced , for ...
... body on the slab - or rather the face , for the poor empty body was now entirely concealed under plastic sheeting - looked a good deal better than when first unearthed . It even appeared as if decomposition was less advanced , for ...
Page 178
... bodies of white people was factually accurate . It was scarcely true in spirit . He had assumed a black girl's body was that of a missing black girl and he had done so because she was black . The photograph he had of Melanie Akande had ...
... bodies of white people was factually accurate . It was scarcely true in spirit . He had assumed a black girl's body was that of a missing black girl and he had done so because she was black . The photograph he had of Melanie Akande had ...
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