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    P. D. James's Cordelia Gray Mysteries: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin
    An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
    Ebook series2 titles

    Cordelia Gray Mystery Series

    By P. D. James

    3.5/5

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    About this series

    Private investigator Cordelia Gray inherits the Pryde Detective Agency in London and solves mysteries after her boss’s suicide in this compelling ebook collection that includes An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScribner
    Release dateJan 1, 1995
    P. D. James's Cordelia Gray Mysteries: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin
    An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

    Titles in the series (2)

    • An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
      An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

      An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

      P. D. James
      4/5 - 46 ratings
      4/5 - 46 ratings

      An Unsuitable Job for a Woman introduces bestselling mystery author 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). 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 bestselling mystery author 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). 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.

    • P. D. James's Cordelia Gray Mysteries: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin
      P. D. James's Cordelia Gray Mysteries: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin

      P. D. James's Cordelia Gray Mysteries: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin

      P. D. James
      5/5 - 4 ratings
      5/5 - 4 ratings

      Private investigator Cordelia Gray inherits the Pryde Detective Agency in London and solves mysteries after her boss’s suicide in this compelling ebook collection that includes An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin.

      Private investigator Cordelia Gray inherits the Pryde Detective Agency in London and solves mysteries after her boss’s suicide in this compelling ebook collection that includes An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin.

    Author

    P. D. James

    P. D. James (1920–2014) was born in Oxford in 1920. She worked in the National Health Service and the Home Office From 1949 to 1968, in both the Police Department and Criminal Policy Department. All that experience was used in her novels. She won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy, and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honour for Literature. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and was created a life peer in 1991.

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