An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman - PLAYING GOD Episode - 2001
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One of the Queens of Mystery Fiction, P.D. James should get at least some credit for creating the modern female P. I. when she unleashed CORDELIA GRAY upon an unsuspecting world. Cordelia's inherits a detective agency when her mentor, Bernie Pryde, commits suicide. Instead of selling it off, for a quick profit, she decides to keep it going, despite it being "an unsuitable job for a woman," the title of P.D. James 1972 novel (and a possible tip of the hat to James Rubel's No Business For a Lady, which also featured a female private eye?).
Shy, lacking in confidence, and unworldly, Cordelia at first makes an unlikely candidate for a private detective. But as the book progresses, and she learns the ropes and understand herself, it turns out Cordelia is exactly the right woman for the job.
