A Masculine Ending is a novel by Joan Smith. It was first published in 1987 by British firm Faber and Faber.
Contents
1992 television adaptation
The story was adapted for television in 1992. The cast included:
Janet McTeer – Loretta Lawson
Imelda Staunton – Bridget Bennet
Paul Brooke – Humphrey Morris
Suzanna Hamilton – Veronica Puddephat
Joanna McCallum – Miriam Morris
Kevin McNally – Andrew Gardner
Bill Nighy – John Tracey
Clarke Peters – Theo Sykes
Greg Wise – Jamie Baird
Buki Armstrong - Bethany Edwards
Charlotte Cornwell – Insp. Parkinson
Matyelock Gibbs - Elizabeth Grant
Peter Lovstrom - Arthur Goodchild
Andrew Seear - Coroner
Richard Vernon – Miriam's father
Phillip Anthony - Mr Koogan
Yves Aubert as French porter
Nigel Bradshaw - Hugh Puddephat
Lucy Briers - Student
Lolita Chakrabarti - Sue
Sophia Diaz - Sylvie
Jennifer Gibson - Melanie Gandell
Toby Whithouse - Student
Harry Davenport, Kate McEnery, Simon Owen, and Matthew Owens - The Morris Children
Plot
Feminist academics Loretta Lawson and Bridget Bennett, investigate the discovery of a body that disappeared while Lawson attended a symposium in Paris.