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 208
... smile was a real one this time , a broad , sunny , slightly mad , smile . ' He's in an awful state , he really thinks he could be done for murdering that bitch . ' ' He won't be , ' said Wexford . ' It's you I'll be charging with ...
... smile was a real one this time , a broad , sunny , slightly mad , smile . ' He's in an awful state , he really thinks he could be done for murdering that bitch . ' ' He won't be , ' said Wexford . ' It's you I'll be charging with ...
Page 227
... smile , the rapid blinking of her eyes , and then only the smile with lips closed , the lifted head . Pretentiousness evoked it and an assumption of intimacy on the part of virtual strangers . Anouk Khoori's hand on his arm , a beige ...
... smile , the rapid blinking of her eyes , and then only the smile with lips closed , the lifted head . Pretentiousness evoked it and an assumption of intimacy on the part of virtual strangers . Anouk Khoori's hand on his arm , a beige ...
Page 244
... smile split into laughter . Disappointment slumped Vine's shoulders . She had nothing to tell him . It was all over . He thought of revealing all to her in the hope that disbelief , the slow dawning of enlightenment , the subsequent ...
... smile split into laughter . Disappointment slumped Vine's shoulders . She had nothing to tell him . It was all over . He thought of revealing all to her in the hope that disbelief , the slow dawning of enlightenment , the subsequent ...
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