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      An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

      by P.D. James
      Published
      Jan 1972
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      Private Investigator Private Investigator
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      250
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      Cordelia Gray Book 1

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      A SEEDY SORT OF DEATH

      Handsome Mark Callender did not die the way a well-brought-up young gentleman should. He was found hanging by his neck, a lipstick stain on his mouth and a picture of a nude girl nearby. The official verdict was suicide, but his aristocratic father suspected murder, and hired fledgling detective Cordelia Gray to investigate. As this determined young lady followed a twisting trail of guilty secrets and shameful sins, she soon reached the conclusion that the nicest people do the nastiest things--in a case that proved at every shocking turn to be AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN.

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      Suspense

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      Mystery Private Investigator

      Characters & Occupations

      Women Sleuths

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