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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... wasn't the minor matter Akande had diagnosed , wasn't the result of a generalized but petty plague , was in fact much more serious , its symptoms the forerunner of . . . ' I'm coming . ' He took the receiver . From Akande's first words ...
... wasn't the minor matter Akande had diagnosed , wasn't the result of a generalized but petty plague , was in fact much more serious , its symptoms the forerunner of . . . ' I'm coming . ' He took the receiver . From Akande's first words ...
Page 127
... wasn't burglary . It wasn't dark . I never did no breaking and entering . ' ' A figure of speech , ' Burden said . ' I suppose you found the door unlocked and just walked in ? ' A cunning look came into Zack's face , making it slightly ...
... wasn't burglary . It wasn't dark . I never did no breaking and entering . ' ' A figure of speech , ' Burden said . ' I suppose you found the door unlocked and just walked in ? ' A cunning look came into Zack's face , making it slightly ...
Page 318
... wasn't a flight . I didn't believe any of it . For some reason I thought she'd be in her room . They'd have beaten ... wasn't my brother , this wasn't Chris that had been closer to me than anyone . Then I found his sweater in the wash ...
... wasn't a flight . I didn't believe any of it . For some reason I thought she'd be in her room . They'd have beaten ... wasn't my brother , this wasn't Chris that had been closer to me than anyone . Then I found his sweater in the wash ...
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