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 103
... thought Snow hadn't been told who his callers were . Surely if he had known he could hardly have been so confident , would hardly have smiled so winningly . ' I'm happy to tell you it's turned up , ' he said . They were evidently at ...
... thought Snow hadn't been told who his callers were . Surely if he had known he could hardly have been so confident , would hardly have smiled so winningly . ' I'm happy to tell you it's turned up , ' he said . They were evidently at ...
Page 260
... thought at first you were with Euan Sinclair , ' said Wexford . ' She feared it was possible . Then she thought you were dead . Mrs Epson brought you here , then ? Just like that ? She didn't ask if you wanted to go home first , if you ...
... thought at first you were with Euan Sinclair , ' said Wexford . ' She feared it was possible . Then she thought you were dead . Mrs Epson brought you here , then ? Just like that ? She didn't ask if you wanted to go home first , if you ...
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... thought that ! ' ' Of course they did . What stopped you making one phone call ? ' She was silent , looking down at the blood - soaked tissue on her finger . Wexford thought of all the people who must have seen her and who did nothing ...
... thought that ! ' ' Of course they did . What stopped you making one phone call ? ' She was silent , looking down at the blood - soaked tissue on her finger . Wexford thought of all the people who must have seen her and who did nothing ...
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