An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

P. D. James · first published 1972 · ISBN 9780792739951

Cordelia Gray, a young private investigator in London, takes on a case that seems routine: investigating the suicide of a graduate student. She befriends the dead man's sister and becomes convinced he didn't kill himself. Her investigation pulls her into Cambridge circles and forces her to question who she can trust. James modeled this character after the changing role of women in the 1970s workforce.