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 26
... seemed out of tune with contemporary attitudes . Not that he minded that , recalling the way Ben and Robin called everyone by first names , even Dr Crocker , nearly sixty years their senior . Discreetly , not staring , he surveyed the ...
... seemed out of tune with contemporary attitudes . Not that he minded that , recalling the way Ben and Robin called everyone by first names , even Dr Crocker , nearly sixty years their senior . Discreetly , not staring , he surveyed the ...
Page 124
... seemed to be checking on the computer screen that it had been sent to her . The answer wasn't apparently acceptable ... seemed competent to deal with verbal abuse , and the woman soon deflated . Zack Nelson's number appeared in red neon ...
... seemed to be checking on the computer screen that it had been sent to her . The answer wasn't apparently acceptable ... seemed competent to deal with verbal abuse , and the woman soon deflated . Zack Nelson's number appeared in red neon ...
Page 159
... seemed to think about it , they just ate it . Better for him anyway to contemplate food and dwell on its effects than about this charming girl who was now with abundant grace and courtesy complimenting Dora on her dress . This afternoon ...
... seemed to think about it , they just ate it . Better for him anyway to contemplate food and dwell on its effects than about this charming girl who was now with abundant grace and courtesy complimenting Dora on her dress . This afternoon ...
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