Reading order · 2 books · 1972 to 1982 · Mostly set in Courcy Island
Cordelia Gray Books in Order
Cordelia Gray is a young private detective who inherits a failing agency, and crosses paths with Dalgliesh.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 1972 to 1982
- First book
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
- Latest
- The Skull Beneath the Skin (1982)
- Setting
- Mostly set in Courcy Island
The reading order
Every Cordelia Gray book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Mostly set in Courcy Island
- 1An Unsuitable Job for a Woman1972With Cordelia GrayCordelia Gray, twenty-two, inherits a struggling detective agency after her partner’s death.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Skull Beneath the Skin1982With Cordelia GrayCordelia Gray is hired to protect an actress who is receiving threats, at a Victorian castle on an island off the Dorset coast.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read An Unsuitable Job for a Woman first, then The Skull Beneath the Skin.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Cordelia Gray |
|---|---|
| 1 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | LLead |
| 2 The Skull Beneath the Skin | LLead |
Characters in the Cordelia Gray books
2 characters from P.D. James’s chart, with the number of Cordelia Gray books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Cordelia GrayYoung private detective | 2 | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman 1972 |
| Adam DalglieshScotland Yard detective and poet | 1 | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman 1972 |