An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Following the suicide of her mentor and boss, Bernie Pryde, Cordelia Gray is left as the sole proprietress of Pryde Detective Agency. Along with the agency, Cordelia inherits the investigation into the death of Mark Callender. Officially, that too was a suicide, but Sir Ronald Callender, an eminent Cambridge scientist and the boy’s father, is convinced otherwise.

Through the ensuing investigation, Cordelia is plunged deep into the Callender family’s turbulent past and, as she gradually begins to unearth the truth, the evil that destroyed Mark proves to be very much alive.

Utdrag ur boken:

The front door had been closed but the door to the back parlour was open. [Cordelia] heard Isabelle’s high unemphatic voice:
‘But if this man Sir Ronald is paying her to find out about Mark, why cannot I pay her to stop finding out?’
Then Hugo’s voice, amused, a little contemptuous:
‘Darling Isabelle, when will you learn that not everyone can be bought?’
‘She can’t anyway. I like her.’
It was Sophie speaking. Her brother replied:
‘We all like her. The question is, how do we get rid of her?’
Then for a few minutes there was a murmur of voices, words undistinguishable, broken by Isabelle.
‘It is not, I think, a suitable job for a woman.’

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