An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
First edition | |
| Author | P. D. James |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Cordelia Gray No. 1 |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Publication date | 1972 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 287 |
| ISBN | 0-446-31517-6 (Paperback edition) |
| OCLC | 31623136 |
| Followed by | The Skull Beneath the Skin |
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman is the title of a detective novel by English writer P. D. James and of a TV series of four dramas developed from that novel. It was published by Faber and Faber in the UK in 1972 and by Charles Scribner's Sons in the US.
The book features private detective Cordelia Gray, the protagonist of both this title and The Skull Beneath the Skin (1982). It is noted for introducing a new type of female detective at the start of the feminist era.