An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
by P. D. Jamesliterary work· published 1972
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A Cordelia Gray MysteryMeet Cordelia Gray: twenty-two, tough, intelligent and now sole inheritor of the Pryde Detective Agency. Her first assignment finds her hired by Sir Ronald Callender to investigate the death of his son Mark, a young Cambridge student found hanged in mysterious circumstances. Required to delve into the hidden secrets of the Callender family, Cordelia soon realizes it is not a case of suicide, and that the truth is entirely more sinister.
Adaptations (2)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman has been adapted 2 times, across film and television series, from 1982 to 1997.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman1982 · film · 94 min · dir. Christopher Petit · IMDb ↗IMDb5.9After finding her boss, a private detective, has committed suicide and has left her his agency, Cordelia Gray is asked to investigate the suicide of the man's son. During the course of her investigation, Cordelia becomes obsessed with the young man's memory and his increasingly suspicious death.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman1997 · television series · 105 min · IMDb ↗IMDb7.4Cordelia Gray inherits a struggling detective agency after her boss's suicide. Her assistant Edith Sparshott aids her as she navigates the dark underbelly of crime, uncovering clues in complex cases.
