An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Paperback by P. D. James

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage Canada (2000-08-22)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 256 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780676972269
• Item Weight: 209.79 grams
• Dimensions: 7.98 x 5.18 x 0.68 cm

This is the first Cordelia Gray mystery which introduces us to the young sleuth, now the sole proprietor of the Pryde Detective Agency, and hard at work on her first independent case. Sir Ronald Callender's son Mark is found hanged in mysterious circumstances, and he hires Cordelia to shed some light on his son's apparent suicide. But as Cordelia pieces together the facts surrounding his death, delving back into the long-buried secrets of the Callender family, she finds that Mark had many good friends—and one deadly enemy.

About the Author

P. D. JAMES (1920-2014) published nineteen novels, two works of non-fiction, a memoir and many distinguished essays. Most of her novels have been broadcast on television, and The Children of Men was the basis for an award-winning film. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in the Home Office, first in the Police Department and later in the Criminal Policy Department. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Arts. Her commitment to public service included serving as a Governor of the BBC, on the Board of the British Council and as a magistrate in Middlesex and London. She was an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, and was elected President of the Society of Authors. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and was created a life peer in 1991 as Baroness James of Holland Park.