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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

by P. D. James

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A Cordelia Gray MysteryMeet Cordelia Gray: twenty-two, tough, intelligent and now sole inheritor of the Pryde Detective Agency. Her first assignment finds her hired by Sir Ronald Callender to investigate the death of his son Mark, a young Cambridge student found hanged in mysterious circumstances. Required to delve into the hidden secrets of the Callender family, Cordelia soon realizes it is not a case of suicide, and that the truth is entirely more sinister.

FictionWomen private investigatorsCordelia Gray (Fictitious character)Detective and mystery storiesMysteryWomen detectivesMystery fictionLarge type booksRoderick Alleyn (Fictitious character)PoliceFICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional BritishFICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural