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This page lists novels and collections that feature the private detective Cordelia Gray.

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

P.D. James

1972

"Meet Cordelia Gray: twenty-two, tough, intelligent and now sole inheritor of the Pryde Detective Agency. Her first assignment finds her hired by Sir Ronald Callender to investigate the death of his son Mark, a young Cambridge student found hanged in mysterious circumstances. Cordelia is required to delve into the hidden secrets of the Callender family and soon realizes it is not a case of suicide, and that the truth is entirely more sinister."

The Skull Beneath the Skin

P.D. James

1982

" Clarissa Lisle hopes to make a spectacular comeback in a production of The Duchess of Malfi, to be played in Ambrose Gorringe's sinister castle at Courcy Island. Cordelia is there to ensure her safety following the appearance of a number of poison-pen letters. But it soon becomes clear that all are in danger. Trapped within the walls of the Gothic castle, the treacherous past of the island re-emerges, and everyone seems to have a motive for sending Clarissa 'down, down to hell'. Marking the return of the private detective Cordelia Gray, The Skull beneath the Skin is the sequel to An Unsuitable Job for a Woman."

Murder in Triplicate

P.D. James

1980

Collects together the three novels: Unnatural Causes; An Unsuitable Job for a Woman; and The Black Tower.

Omnibus

P.D. James

1982

Collects together the three novels: Unnatural Causes; Shroud for a Nightingale; and An Unsuitable Job for a Woman.

Trilogy of Death

P.D. James

1984

Collects together the three novels: The Skull Beneath the Skin; Innocent Blood; and Death of an Expert Witness

In Murderous Company

P.D. James

1988

Collects together the three novels: Unnatural Causes; An Unsuitable Job for a Woman; and The Black Tower

The P.D. James Omnibus

P.D. James

1990

Collects together the three novels: Unsuitable Job for a Woman; Death of an Expert Witness; and Innocent Blood.