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 62
... Flat Three and Flat Four in Ladyhall Court all had work . The Greenalls , however , had not been at their jobs during the previous week ; they had been away on holiday , returning home some five hours after the discovery of Annette's ...
... Flat Three and Flat Four in Ladyhall Court all had work . The Greenalls , however , had not been at their jobs during the previous week ; they had been away on holiday , returning home some five hours after the discovery of Annette's ...
Page 63
... flat for sale on the other side of the street . ' We'd lost touch , though , ' said Diana Graddon . ' She dropped me , as a matter of fact . I don't know why . I mean , it was silly really , living opposite and all that , but she never ...
... flat for sale on the other side of the street . ' We'd lost touch , though , ' said Diana Graddon . ' She dropped me , as a matter of fact . I don't know why . I mean , it was silly really , living opposite and all that , but she never ...
Page 126
... flat , Zack , ' said Burden . ' It was the Wednesday night , was it ? ' ' Who says I ever went in the flat ? ' ' She didn't bring that radio round to you and give it to you for a birthday present . ' This was a lucky shot on Wexford's ...
... flat , Zack , ' said Burden . ' It was the Wednesday night , was it ? ' ' Who says I ever went in the flat ? ' ' She didn't bring that radio round to you and give it to you for a birthday present . ' This was a lucky shot on Wexford's ...
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