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Simisola

12 Ratings

3.5

Duration
2H 52min
Language
English
Format
Category

Crime

Another Wexford mystery read by George Baker

"We're all racist in this country" said Wexford. "Without exception. People over 40 are the worst and that's about all you can say. " But until he became involved with the Akandes, whose daughter had gone missing, Wexford hadn't applied that reality to himself. Melanie Akande was black, one of only eighteen black people living in Kingsmarkham, and her father Raymond was Wexford's doctor. So he had a personal interest in the case. Melanie was also unemployed, like Wexford's son-in-law Neil. A point in common. But as the case developed, Wexford discovered things hidden inside himself that he didn't like, found his own, unthinking attitudes prejudicing the case…..

© 2010 HarperCollins (Audiobook): 9780007159451

Release date

Audiobook: 25 November 2010

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