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 41
... meet Euan in the Wig and Ribbon and there's not much doubt she meant to stay with him , spend the night with him . ' ' Yes , but where ? Not at this Sheena's place . People that age don't hire hotel rooms , do they ? ' Wexford laughed ...
... meet Euan in the Wig and Ribbon and there's not much doubt she meant to stay with him , spend the night with him . ' ' Yes , but where ? Not at this Sheena's place . People that age don't hire hotel rooms , do they ? ' Wexford laughed ...
Page 70
... meet , ' Burden began . ' I mean , she could have told Annette his name . ' ' She was going to meet another man ? That's the first I've heard of it . What was he , a white slaver ? ' Burden looked genuinely puzzled . ' A what ...
... meet , ' Burden began . ' I mean , she could have told Annette his name . ' ' She was going to meet another man ? That's the first I've heard of it . What was he , a white slaver ? ' Burden looked genuinely puzzled . ' A what ...
Page 93
... meet somewhere but he never took her to an hotel , he said he couldn't afford it . After that trip past the house in the boyfriend's car Ingrid asked her what Bruce had given her for Christmas and Annette said nothing , he never gave ...
... meet somewhere but he never took her to an hotel , he said he couldn't afford it . After that trip past the house in the boyfriend's car Ingrid asked her what Bruce had given her for Christmas and Annette said nothing , he never gave ...
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