An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

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.

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
First edition
AuthorP. D. James
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesCordelia Gray No. 1
GenreMystery
PublisherFaber & Faber
Publication date
1972
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages287
ISBN0-446-31517-6 (Paperback edition)
OCLC31623136
Followed byThe Skull Beneath the Skin 

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.

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