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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... five miles . You used to tell us your grandfather walked five miles to school and five miles back when he was only ten . ' There was a settled despair in her voice Wexford didn't like to hear , much as he deplored her self - pity and ...
... five miles . You used to tell us your grandfather walked five miles to school and five miles back when he was only ten . ' There was a settled despair in her voice Wexford didn't like to hear , much as he deplored her self - pity and ...
Page 182
... five . ' I shan't be done here till half - past . ' ' Five , please , Mr Snow . And I want your wife here too . ' ' You'll be lucky , ' Snow said . ' She's going away tonight , taking the kids and going to Malta or Elba or somewhere ...
... five . ' I shan't be done here till half - past . ' ' Five , please , Mr Snow . And I want your wife here too . ' ' You'll be lucky , ' Snow said . ' She's going away tonight , taking the kids and going to Malta or Elba or somewhere ...
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... five feet five . Once these women had been eliminated , they would spread the net further afield . . . . - He called a conference at five for a pooling of discoveries and offered up Demsie Olish himself . A girl who had been her friend ...
... five feet five . Once these women had been eliminated , they would spread the net further afield . . . . - He called a conference at five for a pooling of discoveries and offered up Demsie Olish himself . A girl who had been her friend ...
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