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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Page 142
... father to give him some help with this essay he had to do and his father said, Too bad because I'm going out . . ." "I did not say that!" "Because I'm going out, and he did go out. At ten to eight. I didn't suspect anything, mind you ...
... father to give him some help with this essay he had to do and his father said, Too bad because I'm going out . . ." "I did not say that!" "Because I'm going out, and he did go out. At ten to eight. I didn't suspect anything, mind you ...
Page 319
... father too, I daresay, though I don't know — yet. Listen to Sophie." Wexford wound the tape on, pressed "play," reversed, and got the point in the statement he wanted. The girl's voice was soft and plaintive, yet outraged too. It came ...
... father too, I daresay, though I don't know — yet. Listen to Sophie." Wexford wound the tape on, pressed "play," reversed, and got the point in the statement he wanted. The girl's voice was soft and plaintive, yet outraged too. It came ...
Page 322
... father was there. He said he didn't know what we were in a flap about, he'd told my mother. He'd sent the girl home, she was worse than useless and it made him sick seeing her about the house. He said he'd sent her back to Banjul on ...
... father was there. He said he didn't know what we were in a flap about, he'd told my mother. He'd sent the girl home, she was worse than useless and it made him sick seeing her about the house. He said he'd sent her back to Banjul on ...
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