A Suitable Job for a Woman: Inside the World of Women Private Eyes

by Val McDermid

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890208159
• ISBN13: 9781890208158
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

A suitable job for a woman

Good non-fiction read. I enjoy learning about jobs that most woman only think about doing.