Richard Gidez

Reviewers warmly praised the novel. It won James a Silver Dagger from the Crime Writers' Association , and an Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America . Critic Richard Gidez calls it the traditional...

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman was awarded a Scroll by the Mystery Writers of America . Critic Richard Gidez commended it as literate, intelligent, stylishly written, and the portrayal of Cordelia as enjoyable...

Richard Gidez feels that this book represents P. D. James at her best. Reviewers were full of praise for this long but well-plotted novel. They appreciated its evocative descriptions of setting, its believable and...

Critics received this book positively: they enjoyed its entertainment value, considered the pace good, the plot steady, the writing stylish, and the solution surprising and satisfying. It became a Book-of-the-Month Club selection. Richard Gidez insisted...