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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
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April 12, 2019
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May 6, 2019
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We are considering reading P.D. James books for a challenge next year - so this is a taster.

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What Members Thought

Susan in NC
Sep 16, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Excellent mystery with a great heroine- I liked Cordelia Gray when I first read this over 20 years ago, and I very much enjoyed listening to the audiobook read by Penelope Dellaporta through my library. I wish PD James had written more books with her in the lead, I would have liked to get to know her better.

This rather bleak story opens with Cordelia discovering the body of her middle-aged business partner, Bernie Pryde; he committed suicide after finding out he had cancer. On the day of his cre ...more
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Yorky Caz
Jun 11, 2018 rated it really liked it
excellent book. could never quite work out what period it was set in but liked the main character.
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Laura Anne
Dec 08, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: mystery, british-isles
Read this as a teenager and remember the well scene as being the most thrilling thing I had ever read.
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Peggy
Aug 30, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: murder-mysteries-thrillers
Robin
Aug 13, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Jenn Estepp
Nov 27, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: sleuths-and-gumshoes
Robin
Jun 20, 2009 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Tom
Aug 12, 2009 rated it really liked it
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KLS
Mar 19, 2012 marked it as to-read
Katie
Sep 03, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: mystery, fiction
Diane
May 20, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: mysteries-gr-britain
Louise Culmer
Aug 06, 2015 rated it it was ok
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Apr 24, 2017 rated it liked it
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Sarah
May 15, 2019 rated it really liked it
Judy
Apr 20, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Jennifer
Apr 25, 2019 marked it as to-read
Bess
Jan 31, 2020 marked it as to-read
Tuck
May 31, 2020 marked it as to-read
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Teri-K
Nov 10, 2021 rated it it was ok
Mary
Jul 06, 2022 marked it as to-read
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