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Cordelia Gray, age 22, shows up to work one morning to find her boss, Bernie Pryde, dead by suicide; he has chosen this over suffering through cancer. While she’s handling this sorrow and the details, she is hired to find out why Cambridge dropout Mark Callendar has killed himself. The man who hires her is his father, and it doesn’t take Cordelia long to realize that murder is the far more likely cause of Mark’s death.

The search Cordelia undertakes reveals surprises, twists, elements of danger and all that you’d want in a well written murder/suspense/mystery/thriller novel. True, it doesn’t rush through things at a breakneck speed designed to give one nightmares afte staying up all night reading it, but it doesn’t need to do so. The writing is at once simple and well done; moving along at a clip that does speed up at times, naturally, or it would merely be a cozy mystery. Since it is written in the 1970s there are no cell phones or electronic tracking means, which is such a refreshing change. I like Cordelia and am strongly considering reading the next one.

I loved P.D. James when I was reading her in the 80s. She would be a good choice for April tag.

Margarette wrote: "I loved P.D. James when I was reading her in the 80s. She would be a good choice for April tag."

Yes, I'm thinking about reading the next Cordelia Gray novel; I got it in an omnibus from the library, but then went and put it on my tbr for the baseball game, so will have to wait to see what transpires.

I haven't read a P D James book in a while. Definitely would be a good choice for April .... and I just love the title of this book!

Book Concierge wrote: "I haven't read a P D James book in a while. Definitely would be a good choice for April .... and I just love the title of this book!"

Is your underlined this a link? If so, it's not working for me. Or do you mean the title of the novel I reviewed here?

For some reason I could never get into P.D. James. I tried twice, long ago, and gave up.

Karin wrote: "Book Concierge wrote: "I haven't read a P D James book in a while. Definitely would be a good choice for April .... and I just love the title of this book!"

Is your underlined this a link? If so, ..."

NOT a link .... Links are printed in a blue/green color vs plain black for regular text.

annapi wrote: "For some reason I could never get into P.D. James. I tried twice, long ago, and gave up."
I, too, had difficulty with P.D. James. I tried to read An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, but it just did not grab my attention.