#1 Cordelia Gray

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

P.D. James
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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.
Genres: MysteryFictionCrimeMystery ThrillerDetectiveBritish LiteratureAudiobookThrillerMurder MysteryBook Club
256 Pages

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