Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1972
Seller: Blacks Bookshop: Member of CABS 2017, IOBA, SIBA, ABA, Argillite, KY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover_boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. BCE/BOMC. 5.75"x 8.5" 185pgs. Red boards w/black letters on spine. DJ #5838. Jacket photo of Kings College Cambridge by Ramsey & Muspratt Ltd. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Minimal edge & shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. 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). Source: Goodreads.