An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, P. D. James
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, P. D. James
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Author: P. D. James

Narrator: Penelope Dellaporta

Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/06/2009


Synopsis

P. D. James is “the reigning mistress of murder.” –Time

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).


About The Author

P. D. James was the author of twenty books, many of which feature her detective hero Adam Dalgliesh and have been televised or filmed. She was the recipient of many honors, including the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature, and in 1991 was created Baroness James of Holland Park. She died in 2014.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on June 18, 2016

This book, which was first published in 1972, reads like it was written in 1947, if not earlier. It's very much in the tradition of English mysteries that were set in country houses in the years between the two world wars, and there's nothing in the book to suggest the time period in which it is sup......more

Goodreads review by kohey on November 24, 2015

In this case,let me say “judge a book by its memorable title.” I’d like this book to be categorized as a good literary fiction with human drama,not just a detective. This well-written,and austerely beautiful novel has no gadget,isn’t action-packed or sexy,but here one young female detective, who lost......more

Goodreads review by Charles on July 23, 2023

Review to follow if I ever catch up. Meanwhile, I'll just say that this is a fine novel written by a master of the mystery genre.......more

Goodreads review by Jane on January 15, 2013

Where I got the book: my local library. My first shock of this review is checking Wiki to see where this novel comes in P.D. James's oeuvre and discovering that P.D. stands for Phyllis Dorothy. Let me just take a moment. *clears throat* Now where was I? Right. The second shock was discovering I wasn't......more

Goodreads review by Майя on April 29, 2022

Cordelia starts and wins I'll just have a word with her, and then she can leave. There is no place for women here. And here it is not. Women, as it turned out, have quite a place here. And it seems that the heroine of "Unsuitable Occupation for Women", Cordelia Gray, is the first of a series of women......more