In At The Deep End

''What kind of person are you, Alex Tanner? How would you describe yourself?''
''Curious,'' I said. ''I''d call myself curious. I like to find things out.'' It''s often proved my downfall . . .

In her childhood Alex dreamt of being a private eye. Actually she''d wanted to be a male private eye in Los Angeles, working Philip Marlowe''s patch; instead she''s settled for being a freelance TV researcher...