Mystery
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1972·285 pages
Young detective Cordelia Gray inherits a struggling agency and investigates a Cambridge student's apparent suicide, uncovering family secrets and murder.
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Young detective Cordelia Gray inherits a struggling agency and investigates a Cambridge student's apparent suicide, uncovering family secrets and murder.
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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.
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Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted
Violence & gore
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Central death by hanging with minor lipstick detail; murder investigation
Profanity
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Minimal or no strong language present
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Plot involves cross-dressing element without identity focus
Religious content
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No religious themes present
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult content present
Political content
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Explores gender roles and women entering male-dominated professions
Self-harm / suicide
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Apparent suicide by hanging is central inciting incident and investigated throughout
Abuse & suffering
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Murder, family secrets, and systemic suffering explored
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