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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A satisfying read. Cordelia Gray is a young - very young - private investigator launched into an untimely solo career by the suicide of her boss, Bernie Pryde. Her first case is to unpick the circumstances behind a young ex-student's suicide. Or is it suicide? There's more death and destruction before the book's over, but despite this, the book is laced with humour. I like James' precise use of language and her exploration of motive. As one reviewer says, it's 'a why-dunnit rather than a who-dunnit' and all the better for it. ( ) The novel is quite short, without any unnecessary descriptions and details. I liked the main heroine: she seems witty, cold-blooded but not cold-hearted, compassionate but at the same time not too impressionable. The mystery itself was not mysterious enough for me. And the problem was not in the novel itself. From the very beginning, I started noticing some similarities to [b:The Cuckoo's Calling|16160797|The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)|Robert Galbraith|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1540217136l/16160797._SY75_.jpg|22002305] by [a:Robert Galbraith|383606|Robert Galbraith|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. The office seemed similar, the way of investigating the crime and even La primera de las muertes que ocurren en este libro es, sin duda, un suicidio: Bernie Pryde se dispara un tiro y deja a su joven socia Cordelia Gray como propietaria única de una agencia de detectives privados. También le deja una misión llena de riesgos: reabrir la investigación sobre la muerte de un estudiante de Cambridge, Mark Callender. Cordelia ingresa así en el ámbito de Cambridge: estudiantes que llevan vidas donde se mezclan el refinamiento y el exotismo de las costumbres y las pasiones más violentas. Leisurely but exceptionally engrossing story of Cordelia Gray, who proves the books title wrong in so many ways. It isn't so much the case itself, although it is interesting enough, but it is the way Ms. Gray uses her own unconventional upbringing, superior intelligence, and lessons learned from her deceased mentor to figure out the truth behind the suicide of a student who left Cambridge to become a gardener, while interacting with an intriguing cast of complex, well-drawn characters. It goes without saying that James could write circles around most people, and she certainly did here. I'm hooked and can't want to see what the admirable Ms. Gray is up to next. (The audiobook is very well read and highly recommended.) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieCordelia Gray (1) Appartient à la série éditorialeEst contenu dansP.D. James Omnibus (Unnatural Causes / Shroud for a Nightingale / An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) par P. D. James In Murderous Company (Unnatural Causes / An Unsuitable Job for a Woman / The Black Tower) par P. D. James The Omnibus: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by | Death of an Expert Witness | Innocent Blood par P. D. James Fait l'objet d'une adaptation dansPrix et récompensesListes notables
Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out what led him to self-destruction. What she discovers instead is a twisting trail of secrets and sins, and the strong scent of murder.An Unsuitable Job for a Woman introduces P. D. James's courageous but vulnerable young detective, Cordelia Gray, in a "top-rated puzzle of peril that holds you all the way" (The New York Times). Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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