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 78
... question was for PC Adams . Suppose you hadn't a car phone and your car broke down after dark on an A road where there were no roadside phones ? What should you do ? After Adams had done his best to answer this WPC Scott , the rape ...
... question was for PC Adams . Suppose you hadn't a car phone and your car broke down after dark on an A road where there were no roadside phones ? What should you do ? After Adams had done his best to answer this WPC Scott , the rape ...
Page 189
... questions about whether she was claiming UB or Income Support , had she ever worked , and what kind of job was she ... question delicately . ' Is your wife ... er , Indian like yourself ? ' ' I am a British citizen , ' said Osman very ...
... questions about whether she was claiming UB or Income Support , had she ever worked , and what kind of job was she ... question delicately . ' Is your wife ... er , Indian like yourself ? ' ' I am a British citizen , ' said Osman very ...
Page 238
... question every householder in Kingsmarkham north of the High Street . ' At the Benefit Office they found themselves asking the same questions that Barry Vine had asked an hour before . But Barry had only conjectured that Sojourner had ...
... question every householder in Kingsmarkham north of the High Street . ' At the Benefit Office they found themselves asking the same questions that Barry Vine had asked an hour before . But Barry had only conjectured that Sojourner had ...
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