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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... window . A face that looked as old as the house , crinkled , frowning , glaring . Burden turned back to the window . He thought the drawn curtains a bit strange . How ill was she ? Ill enough to need a darkened room to sleep in mid ...
... window . A face that looked as old as the house , crinkled , frowning , glaring . Burden turned back to the window . He thought the drawn curtains a bit strange . How ill was she ? Ill enough to need a darkened room to sleep in mid ...
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... window , staring into an empty street . The face that was dinosaur - like in close - up was turned on Burden's and ... window quite a bit , don't you ? ' ' Never leaves that window all blessed day long , ' said Mrs Prior . ' And how ...
... window , staring into an empty street . The face that was dinosaur - like in close - up was turned on Burden's and ... window quite a bit , don't you ? ' ' Never leaves that window all blessed day long , ' said Mrs Prior . ' And how ...
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... window . ' We're very quick to dismiss old people's statements of fact , aren't we ? ' Wexford said . ' If there's the slightest doubt we immediately assume they're senile or their memories are useless or even that they're no longer ...
... window . ' We're very quick to dismiss old people's statements of fact , aren't we ? ' Wexford said . ' If there's the slightest doubt we immediately assume they're senile or their memories are useless or even that they're no longer ...
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