SimisolaRandom House Large Print, 1995 - 488 pages In the quiet Sussex country town of Kingsmarkham, the daughter of Nigerian physician Raymond Akande is missing. "It's probably nothing," says Dr. Akande to his friend and client Chief Inspector Wexford, whose help he enlists.
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Ruth Rendell. kind of thing , young people aren't , as you may know , but we've never known her to - well , it looks as if she's deceiving us . Telling us one thing and doing another . That's the way I personally see it . My wife , on ...
Ruth Rendell. kind of thing , young people aren't , as you may know , but we've never known her to - well , it looks as if she's deceiving us . Telling us one thing and doing another . That's the way I personally see it . My wife , on ...
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... thing they can do . What's going to happen to us ? You don't think of that , do you , when you say❞ — she mim- icked his voice in an exaggerated way- " it's the best thing they can do . " " They'll have to rehouse you . " " You want to ...
... thing they can do . What's going to happen to us ? You don't think of that , do you , when you say❞ — she mim- icked his voice in an exaggerated way- " it's the best thing they can do . " " They'll have to rehouse you . " " You want to ...
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... things you say to your clients . " " Not half what I'd like to . " Rather coldly Burden said , " Specifically , I want to ... thing ? and gets given a signing - on day and so on ? " " You want to know what she'd have said to the girl and ...
... things you say to your clients . " " Not half what I'd like to . " Rather coldly Burden said , " Specifically , I want to ... thing ? and gets given a signing - on day and so on ? " " You want to know what she'd have said to the girl and ...
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