A Death in the Small Hours vs An Unsuitable Job for a Woman: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: London, Private investigators, Investigation, England, Murder, Fiction
A Death in the Small Hours
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Visiting his uncle's estate in Somerset for what he hopes will be a quiet working vacation, politician and new father Charles Lenox investigates a series of seemingly small acts of vandalism only to uncover a sinister…
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
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A Cordelia Gray MysteryMeet 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…
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The verdict
- Readers rate A Death in the Small Hours highest: A Death in the Small Hours 4.4 · An Unsuitable Job for a Woman 3.8.
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman has the widest readership — 20956 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A Death in the Small Hours | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (20956) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (8) | 3.4 (34) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (216) | 4.0 (45) |
Reception
| A Death in the Small Hours | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 216 | 20956 |
| Editions | 3 | 60 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 11992 |
| Reading it now | — | 708 |
| Written reviews | — | 1407 |
| Wikipedia attention | 16 | 1082 |
| Pages | 323 | 224 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A Death in the Small Hours or An Unsuitable Job for a Woman?
A Death in the Small Hours has the higher combined reader rating across sources (A Death in the Small Hours 4.4/5, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: A Death in the Small Hours or An Unsuitable Job for a Woman?
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (224 pages, ≈ 4 h 09 m); A Death in the Small Hours (323 pages, ≈ 5 h 59 m).
Which is harder to read: A Death in the Small Hours or An Unsuitable Job for a Woman?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — A Death in the Small Hours: Moderate; An Unsuitable Job for a Woman: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
A Death in the Small Hours: no film adaptation on record; An Unsuitable Job for a Woman: 2 film adaptations.