num_pages: 220
description: 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).
language: English
title: An Unsuitable Job For A Woman
titlecomplete: An Unsuitable Job For A Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
characters: Cordelia Gray, Adam Dalgliesh
genres: British Literature, Mystery, Murder Mystery, Suspense, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 18653
places: Cambridge, England, Cambridgeshire, England, England
series: Cordelia Gray
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: CWA Silver Dagger, awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Faber and Faber