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 178
... 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 not been referred to . The known heights of the missing girl and the dead girl had not been compared ...
... 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 not been referred to . The known heights of the missing girl and the dead girl had not been compared ...
Page 179
... girl was missing and a black girl's body had been found but there was no apparent connection between the two . Burden , untroubled by Wexford's scruples and sensibilities , said it ought to be easy enough to identify her now that the ...
... girl was missing and a black girl's body had been found but there was no apparent connection between the two . Burden , untroubled by Wexford's scruples and sensibilities , said it ought to be easy enough to identify her now that the ...
Page 244
... girl sometimes , the one from the employment office that she worked with , and she was a bit pally with Edwina ... girl standing outside the door , the front door of Ladyhall Court , I mean . Well , Annette must have gone straight into ...
... girl sometimes , the one from the employment office that she worked with , and she was a bit pally with Edwina ... girl standing outside the door , the front door of Ladyhall Court , I mean . Well , Annette must have gone straight into ...
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