An Unsuitable Job for a Woman — P.D. James

A SEEDY SORT OF DEATH

Handsome Mark Callender did not die the way a well-brought-up young gentleman should. He was found hanging by his neck, a lipstick stain on his mouth and a picture of a nude girl nearby. The official verdict was suicide, but his aristocratic father suspected murder, and hired fledgling detective Cordelia Gray to investigate. As this determined young lady followed a twisting trail of guilty secrets and shameful sins, she soon reached the conclusion that the nicest people do the nastiest things--in a case that proved at every shocking turn to be AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN.