
HarperCollins, 1994
Val McDermid
The Vanishing Point
My Granny is a Pirate
The Retribution
Trick of the Dark
Fever of the Bone
A Darker Domain
Beneath the Bleeding
The Grave Tattoo
Stranded
The Torment of Others
Hostage to Murder
The Distant Echo
The Last Temptation
Killing The Shadows
A Place of Excecution
Star Struck
The Writing on the Wall
Wire in the Blood
Booked For Murder
Blue Genes
The Mermaids Singing
Clean Break
A Suitable Job For A Woman
Crack Down
Kick Back
Union Jack
Dead Beat
Final Edition
Common Murder
Report for Murder
A Suitable Job for a Woman
A Suitable Job for a Woman
Published by: Harper Collins, non-fiction
Publishing date UK: 1994
Series: Non Fiction
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Synopsis:
The female private eye is one of the sexiest and most exciting of fictional creations. But who are the real women who pound the mean streets? How do they get into this seemingly unladylike profession and what makes them stay, despite the risks they encounter? What qualities does it take to survive in this harshest of male worlds? From the elegant manager of a successful all-women investigation agency in Merseyside to the Californian woman who spends her days working for murderers, crime writer Val McDermid has spoken to female private eyes on both sides of the Atlantic, heard their most terrifying stories and learned how they work – whether it’s going undercover to bust drug barons or serving injunctions on violent offenders.
What she discovered is a group of women who are every bit as tough and fascinating as their fictional counterparts, with lives that few could even imagine. A Suitable Job for a Woman is a riveting insight into the women who fight crime on their own terms and beat men at their own game.


