Authors: P. D. James
ISBN-13: 9780743219556, ISBN-10: 0743219554
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Date Published: April 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)
With morality-conscious mysteries that do not linger on gore, P. D. James is a sort of anti-Lecter. Her tales are told in the whodunit tradition that prizes character, restraint and the slow unraveling of both a mystery and a social niche.
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).
From the Compact Disc edition.