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Description
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... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Cordelia Gray: She is in a job that is not a job for women at the time this book is set. She take on a case as a PI to help a father find out why his son dies. She encounters those who don't want her to find out the truth. She slowly uncovers the truth. THis character is great. Cordelia does her work despite the challenges she finds.
First Sentence
On the morning of Bernie Pryde's death - or it may have been the morning after, since Bernie died at his own convenience, nor did he think the estimated time of his departure worth recording - Cordelia was caught in a breakdown of the Bakerloo Line outside Lambeth North and was half an hour late at the office.
Table of Contents
Series
This is book 1 in the Cordelia Gray series.
Authors & Contributors
- P. D. James (Author)
Classification
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- Dewey: 823.914
Subjects
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