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 122
... remember the name , Clint . He had something wrong with his heart and they operated on it at Stowerton Infirmary . There were pictures of him and Kimberley Pearson all over the Courier . ' But Burden couldn't remember . He was sure that ...
... remember the name , Clint . He had something wrong with his heart and they operated on it at Stowerton Infirmary . There were pictures of him and Kimberley Pearson all over the Courier . ' But Burden couldn't remember . He was sure that ...
Page 236
... remember which direction she came from , Mrs Johnson ? ' ' I never see her till she's there , talking in my ear . I don't see her coming from the High Street , so maybe she come from other end . Maybe she come from Glebe Lane end where ...
... remember which direction she came from , Mrs Johnson ? ' ' I never see her till she's there , talking in my ear . I don't see her coming from the High Street , so maybe she come from other end . Maybe she come from Glebe Lane end where ...
Page 251
... remembering how he had told the Chief Constable and a good many other people besides that he would have this case ... remember which of this three - storey Victorian row was their house . Not a slummy house at all , the Epsons weren't ...
... remembering how he had told the Chief Constable and a good many other people besides that he would have this case ... remember which of this three - storey Victorian row was their house . Not a slummy house at all , the Epsons weren't ...
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