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 68
... doubt it . I very much doubt it . I asked them if they'd ever seen the black girl . You know what they said ? ' Wexford made a guess . " " I don't know , I might have . ” ' Exactly right . That's what they said . I tried to get them to ...
... doubt it . I very much doubt it . I asked them if they'd ever seen the black girl . You know what they said ? ' Wexford made a guess . " " I don't know , I might have . ” ' Exactly right . That's what they said . I tried to get them to ...
Page 292
... doubt in his mind about that . The only doubt was whether Zack was carrying the " box " at night or in the morning . And that first time , on the Wednesday night , Zack saw him . He saw a face looking at him from the window . D'you see ...
... doubt in his mind about that . The only doubt was whether Zack was carrying the " box " at night or in the morning . And that first time , on the Wednesday night , Zack saw him . He saw a face looking at him from the window . D'you see ...
Page 313
... doubt brought him to regret his hasty behaviour . A man who has hit another man is always aghast to discover that the other is a policeman . He got up when Wexford came in and began to apologize . His reasons for behaving as he had came ...
... doubt brought him to regret his hasty behaviour . A man who has hit another man is always aghast to discover that the other is a policeman . He got up when Wexford came in and began to apologize . His reasons for behaving as he had came ...
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