An Unsuitable Job for a Woman vs The Alington Inheritance (A Miss Silver Mystery): Which Should You Read?

Cover of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman An Unsuitable Job for a Woman P. D. James · 1972 ★★★★☆ 3.8 224 pages · ≈ 4 h 09 m · Moderate

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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Cover of The Alington Inheritance (A Miss Silver Mystery) The Alington Inheritance (A Miss Silver Mystery) Patricia Wentworth · 1958 ★★★★☆ 3.9 222 pages · ≈ 4 h 07 m · Moderate

When a question of inheritance turns fatal, Miss Silver searches for the killer. Jenny has never been one to feel sorry for herself. The illegitimate child of a wealthy man and a stature less woman, she has been an…

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Scores by source

An Unsuitable Job for a WomanThe Alington Inheritance (A Miss Silver Mystery)
Goodreads 3.8 (20956) 3.9 (1738)
Hardcover 3.4 (34) 3.8 (4)
Apple Books 4.0 (45) 4.5 (23)

Reception

An Unsuitable Job for a WomanThe Alington Inheritance (A Miss Silver Mystery)
Ratings 20956 1738
Editions 60 36
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 11992 —
Reading it now 708 —
Written reviews 1407 —
Wikipedia attention 1082 —
Pages 224 222

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