SimisolaCrown Publishers, 1995 - 327 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. But the days that follow prove the doctor dreadfully wrong. A young woman is found murdered not Melanie, but the last person to have seen and spoken to her. A second woman's body is discovered, again not Melanie's, but like her, young and black. A third woman turns up beaten and unconscious; like the others, she is of Nigerian origin. As Inspector Wexford's investigation stretches from days into weeks, it becomes his unhappy obligation to counter the hopes of the doctor and his wife. In Wexford's professional opinion, Melanie, like the other young women, has become the victim of a serial killer with a horrifyingly singular objective. |
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... Miss Akande came in for her appointment at two-thirty and brought back her ES 461. That's the form required by . . ." "I know what it is," Wexford said. "Right. The NCA she saw — that is, new claims adviser — was Miss Bystock, but you ...
... Miss Akande came in for her appointment at two-thirty and brought back her ES 461. That's the form required by . . ." "I know what it is," Wexford said. "Right. The NCA she saw — that is, new claims adviser — was Miss Bystock, but you ...
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... Miss Bystock had very little family, few friends. The people she knew are the people she worked with and that means you. "One of you or several of you may between you have all the information we need to find Miss Bystock's killer and ...
... Miss Bystock had very little family, few friends. The people she knew are the people she worked with and that means you. "One of you or several of you may between you have all the information we need to find Miss Bystock's killer and ...
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... Miss Bystock on Wednesday morning?" "Yes. Yes, it was. She asked the switchboard to put the call through to me." "Which was most improper," said Leyton. "I shall be speaking to Mr. Jones and Miss Selby about that. The call should have ...
... Miss Bystock on Wednesday morning?" "Yes. Yes, it was. She asked the switchboard to put the call through to me." "Which was most improper," said Leyton. "I shall be speaking to Mr. Jones and Miss Selby about that. The call should have ...
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