 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[1] in 1972 and by Charles Scribner's Sons in the US.[2]
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.