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 62
... wondered what he would have thought of such a sentiment then . It was true today , no denying it . He was surprised when he found that the occupants of Flat Three and Flat Four in Ladyhall Court all had work . The Greenalls , however ...
... wondered what he would have thought of such a sentiment then . It was true today , no denying it . He was surprised when he found that the occupants of Flat Three and Flat Four in Ladyhall Court all had work . The Greenalls , however ...
Page 73
... wondered about . Since I saw the television news last evening and read this morning's paper . The murdered woman in Ladyhall Avenue , her name is the same as the one Melanie had her appointment with last Monday : Annette Bystock . The ...
... wondered about . Since I saw the television news last evening and read this morning's paper . The murdered woman in Ladyhall Avenue , her name is the same as the one Melanie had her appointment with last Monday : Annette Bystock . The ...
Page 76
... wondered about that ' us ' . How long had she been living here ? Two years ? He wondered if he was being unreasonable , resenting her claims to Englishness while he honoured Akande's . Her husband was an Arab multi - millionaire ...
... wondered about that ' us ' . How long had she been living here ? Two years ? He wondered if he was being unreasonable , resenting her claims to Englishness while he honoured Akande's . Her husband was an Arab multi - millionaire ...
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