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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

By: P. D. James
Narrated by: Katie Scarfe
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Summary

Meet 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 realises it is not a case of suicide, and that the truth is entirely more sinister.

©2014 Faber & Faber (P)2014 Faber & Faber Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Suspense
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Critic reviews

"One of the most compulsive and acutely observed thrillers of the year - a why-dunnit, rather than a who-dunnit; a study of the complex motives that make up the cold mind of a killer." ( Daily Express)
"A very ingenious, absorbing detective story of star quality." ( Evening Standard)
"Through a language which is always sensitively precise and often more, she keeps up a ripple of subterranean humour which would sustain a whole series as good as this one.... Miss James has the eye for detail which is an absolute requirement for a detective writer. She also has tolerance and experienced wisdom." (C.P. Snow, Financial Times)
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If you could sum up An Unsuitable Job for a Woman in three words, what would they be?

Original, unexpected plot

What was one of the most memorable moments of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman?

most of the last few chapters

Have you listened to any of Katie Scarfe’s other performances? How does this one compare?

First time listening to Katie Scarfe, spellbinding performance

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

2 sittings

WOW

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Thoroughly enjoyed this book, on occasion you need to leave reality behind, but a good story.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book

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Loved the way Dalgleish is brought in to this newer series. Looking forward to Book 2.

Good start

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Contrary to most of the other reviews, I found this book very disappointing. The story was adequate but no more and I found the references to Adam Dalgleish contrived and unnecessary. The narrator was average but didn't add anything to bring the story to life.

Disappointed

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My husband and I listened to this together. We both liked the book but differed in opinion about the reading. I really didn't like it, in fact, for me it got in the way of the story. it very much emphasises the language rather than the content of the story.... which I didn't like, but this was not the case for my husband.

A matter of opinion.

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