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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... talk on ' Crime on the Streets and in Your Home ' ; PC Oliver Adams on ' Driving Alone and Safe ' ; WPC Clare Scott , the Rape Adviser , on ' Changed Attitudes to Report- ing Rape ' ; Mr Ronald Pollen , Self - Defence Expert and Judo ...
... talk on ' Crime on the Streets and in Your Home ' ; PC Oliver Adams on ' Driving Alone and Safe ' ; WPC Clare Scott , the Rape Adviser , on ' Changed Attitudes to Report- ing Rape ' ; Mr Ronald Pollen , Self - Defence Expert and Judo ...
Page 154
... talk as well as anyone but he could no longer see the point . The shrunken old man stood silent and faintly scowling ... talking gently about the weather in July , how it never really got warm in England until July , was surprised into ...
... talk as well as anyone but he could no longer see the point . The shrunken old man stood silent and faintly scowling ... talking gently about the weather in July , how it never really got warm in England until July , was surprised into ...
Page 231
... talk about today ? ' ' You're looking a lot better , ' Wexford said . ' I see you've got a smaller bandage . ' ' Small bandage for a small brain , huh ? Maybe my brain smaller now that doctor been cutting it around ? ' ' Mrs Johnson , I ...
... talk about today ? ' ' You're looking a lot better , ' Wexford said . ' I see you've got a smaller bandage . ' ' Small bandage for a small brain , huh ? Maybe my brain smaller now that doctor been cutting it around ? ' ' Mrs Johnson , I ...
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