An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Written by P. D. James
Narrated by Penelope Dellaporta
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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.
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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Reviews for An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For Unnatural Causes -A lot of this was familiar to me so that I think I read this once before. Either that or the fact that it’s basically the same locale as Devices and Desires and even featured a couple of the same characters. There is something about the way James creates that setting that is so palpable. Yes, she does describe scenery and weather and surroundings, but she never goes overboard with it. Her writing transports me to that world and I’m kind of jealous of the people who live in it. Except for the murder part.Another thing that I love is the semi-archaic means and methods peppered throughout. They are not special as the things mentioned were completely common and uninteresting at the time. Only from this period, 40 years in the future, do they become noteable and rather quaint. The use of carbon paper to make copies of documents written on mechanical typewriters. For those who could not type, the use of dictating equipment and a personal secretary was necessary. Then there is the constant letter writing and the special emphasis put on telephone calls. Funny and charming in an unintentional way.As in some of the other installments, Dalgliesh is not the official investigator of the crime at hand. Instead he is on holiday and a crime just happens to take place while he’s there. This is our first meeting of his formidable Aunt Jane, but she does not help solve the crime as above. Adam does, but only because he gets caught in a situation that forces the killer to act. Perhaps if he had shared some of his suspicions with the official investigator, some of what occurred could have been avoided.But Dalgliesh is very conscious of his presence on the headland and his proximity to the case. He is superior in rank to the investigating officer, but has no official role and is viewed more as a rival than as an asset. There are no cozy confidences or bouncing of ideas from Inspector Reckless. Instead his dealings with Dalgliesh are those of cop and citizen. Not quite suspect, but he gets very little in the way of special treatment. Neither man likes the other and they both know it, but they do respect the other’s abilities.The case wraps up fairly typically of James – one of the horde of closely tied suspects is guilty. Many clues are given for us to ferret it out. There is more than one death. Each of the suspects presents his or her side of things and perspective on the deceased. There’s an omnipotence to the writing that allows this. Great stuff.