{"product_id":"9781890208158","title":"A Suitable Job for a Woman: Inside the World of Women Private Eyes","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\"\"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. \u003cbr\u003eBut 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 but the absurdity of life on seamy streets? Who will tell her story? \u003cp\u003eEnter Manchester's Val McDermid, herself a skilled writer of the P.I. novel but for years a professional journalist. In an effort to plumb the real world of working women--and throw new light on her own craft--she has interviewed women private eyes from both sides of the Atlantic and assembled their stories with an eye for the absurd and a keen grasp of the gritty nuts and bolts of the profession. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs fascinating as fiction, A Suitable Job for a Woman is, in the words of Edgar-winning author Nevada Barr, \"\"a concise and eye-opening trek through the competence, humor, and humanity of women.\"\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poisoned Pen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039798280432,"sku":"9781890208158","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781890208158_p0.jpg?v=1769895180","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781890208158","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}