Cordelia Gray book 1 · 1972
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Cordelia Gray, twenty-two, inherits a struggling detective agency after her partner’s death. Her first case is to find out why a young Cambridge student died.
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Book facts
- Author
- P.D. James
- Series
- Cordelia Gray, book 1 of 2
- Published
- 1972
- Setting
- Set in Cambridge
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
2 recurring or key characters from P.D. James’s chart. Introduces Cordelia Gray.
Lead 1
- Cordelia GrayFirst appearanceYoung private detectiveInherits a detective agency
Minor and cameo 1
- Adam DalglieshScotland Yard detective and poetCordelia meets him at the end