Anabel Donald: 5 books

An Uncommon Murder is the first detective novel in Anabel Donald's acclaimed Notting Hill series. 'I'm twenty-eight. I'm a freelance TV researcher. And last November I investigated my first murder . . .' Alex Tanner is always on the lookout for work - mortgages on flats in Notting Hill...

'Is that Alex Tanner, private investigator?' It was a female voice. British. 'Yes.' 'I'm a friend of Polly's. She said you'd help me.' 'To do what?' 'To find the love of my life.' Alex Tanner, TV researcher and occasional PI, jumps at the chance of a short assignment in Chicago. But she's only...

'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...

Alex Tanner, TV researcher and private investigator, is more than a little curious when she receives a parcel from someone calling herself 'Mrs X'. Inside the package are £200, a list of four famous feminists and a grisly surprise. All this plus the impassioned plea: 'I MUST SMASH THE GLASS...

'Alex, if you had a son who told you that he liked his new flat because it was built on the site of 10 Rillington Place, what would you think?' 'Hillary, I wish you'd get to the point,' I said as gently as I could manage. She was ruffled but not distracted. 'If a son of yours said that,...