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Following the suicide of her mentor and boss, Bernice Pryde, Cordelia Gray is left as the sole proprietress of Pryde Detective Agency. Along with the agency, Cordelia inherits the investigation into the death of Mark Callender. Officially, that too was a suicide, but Sir Ronald Callender, an eminent Cambridge scientist and the boy's father, is convinced otherwise.Through the ensuing investigation, Cordelia is plunged deep into the Callender family's turbulent past and, as she gradually begins to unearth the truth, the evil that destroyed Mark proves to be very much alive.Set against the brilliantly evoked background of a Cambridge summer, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman marks the first appearance of Cordelia Gray.
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"P.D. James is unbeatable." -Ottawa Citizen
"P.D. James is an addictive writer, [with] a quality of intelligence, a genuine curiosity about character, and an ability to describe the density of little known lives." -Anita Brookner
"One of the most compulsive and acutely observed thrillers of the year--a why-dunnit, rather than a who-dunnit; a study of the complex motives that make up the cold mind of a killer." -Daily Express
"James is assuredly the most gifted crime novelist writing in English today."-The Toronto Star
This is the first Cordelia Gray mystery which introduces us to the young sleuth, now the sole proprietor of the Pryde Detective Agency, and hard at work on her first independent case. Sir Ronald Callender's son Mark is found hanged in mysterious circumstances, and he hires Cordelia to shed some light on his son's apparent suicide. But as Cordelia pieces together the facts surrounding his death, delving back into the long-buried secrets of the Callender family, she finds that Mark had many good friends - and one deadly enemy.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0571204503
- ISBN 13 9780571204502
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Book Description Condition: Good. Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out what led him to self-destruction. What she discovers instead is a twisting trail of secrets and sins, and the strong scent of murder.An Unsuitable Job for a Woman introduces P. D. James's courageous but vulnerable young detective, Cordelia Gray, in a 'top-rated puzzle of peril that holds you all the way' (The New York Times). 356 pages. Seller Inventory # 1072045
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