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"But down these mean streets must go a man who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished or afraid." When Raymond Chandler wrote these words in his classic The Simple Art of Murder, he drew a blueprint for the male private eyes who descend from Philip Marlowe to populate the world of crime fiction.

But what if the private eye is a woman? And what if she is not a character in a novel but a real, working investigator testing not only the meanness but the absurdity of life on seamy streets? Who will tell her story?

Enter Manchester's Val McDermid, herself a skilled writer of the P.I. novel but for years a professional journalist. In an effort to plumb the real world of working women--and throw new light on her own craft--she has interviewed women private eyes from both sides of the Atlantic and assembled their stories with an eye for the absurd and a keen grasp of the gritty nuts and bolts of the profession.

As fascinating as fiction, A Suitable Job for a Woman is, in the words of Edgar-winning author Nevada Barr, "a concise and eye-opening trek through the competence, humor, and humanity of women."

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  • Title A Suitable Job for a Woman: Inside the World of Women Private Eyes
  • Author Val McDermid
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First U. S. Edit
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2011-09-30
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781890208158 / 1890208159
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.66 x 6.22 x 0.8 in (22.00 x 15.80 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress subjects Women private investigators - United States, Women private investigators - Great Britain
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99060514
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.289
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