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Process Services Can Be Deadly

On March 4, 2012 By

Many private investigators, including yours truly and her business partner, regularly serve legal papers (known as process services) to individuals, businesses and corporations. The popular movie Pineapple Express depicted

process service as a funky job where the process server could be perpetually stoned on the job, which is certainly entertaining, even hilariously funny, [...]

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The Day We Learned to Respect Ace Ventura, Pet Detective

On February 25, 2012 By

Many people laugh when they hear the term “pet detective” probably because it conjures images of Ace Ventura, Pet Detective (a film series that starred funny man Jim Carrey). Actually, pet detection is a specialized investigative field. Like other investigators, pet detectives use a mix of  profiling, search-and-rescue, surveillance, even grief counseling techniques.

At our [...]

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Lessons in Surveillance: The Flying Burrito Brothers Had Nothing On Us

On February 22, 2012 By

While driving home last night, I heard one of my favorite bands from a long-ago era: The Flying Burrito Brothers (for those unfamiliar with this band, they were a bunch of cosmic country dudes headed by Gram Parsons, the musician who also first discovered Emmylou Harris).

Flying burritos, the food not the [...]

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Tracking a Killer Through Interviews

On February 18, 2012 By

In my current mystery novel, THE ZEN MAN, private investigator Rick Levine is charged with first-degree murder. Out on bail, he has 30 days to find the real killer or face certain life imprisonment. On a short “time leash,” what is the most critical action Rick can take to find the real killer? [...]

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The Day I Tracked a Felon Across Three Counties

On February 17, 2012 By

As those of you who read this blog know, I’m a private investigator. Many people seem to think that means I carry a gun, wear a leather jacket, and regularly push, shove and fight my way through situations. A popular private eye image in books and film for sure. But if you’ve ever met me, [...]

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Valentine’s Day Post: “Lust, Ethics, and the Private Eye”

On February 14, 2012 By

Today at Terry’s Place, a fellow mystery author’s blog, I posted the following Valentine’s Day article “Lust, Ethics, and the Private Eye.” Everybody who leaves a comment between today and this Friday, Feb. 17, is eligible to win a free copy of THE ZEN MAN.

An excerpt of the blog article is below.

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Attempted Murder, 4 Bullet Slugs, and a Dog Named Gus

On February 11, 2012 By

The Sheriff’s Office Has Closed the Case…Will You Work It?

We got the call one freezing winter morning from an attorney-client who specializes in high-profile criminal cases. A rancher was in jail on first-degree attempted murder charges. Two people claimed he’d shot at them, tried to kill them. He claimed the [...]

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What’s It Like to be a Husband-and-Wife PI Team?

On January 26, 2012 By

For the most part, it’s fun. We’ve been running our investigations business long enough that we understand how the other likes to work, what our strengths and weaknesses are, and we like to make each other laugh.  A lot. When we first opened the investigations agency, there were a sizeable number of people who [...]

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Talking about Private Eyes, Writing Fiction and The Zen Man

On January 15, 2012 By

The Zen Man is available at Amazon, Nook and Smashwords

Gerald So — poet, editor, teacher and private-eye aficionado — interviews Colleen at his blog Chatterrific, where she answers questions about similarities between her private-investigator world and those depicted in private-eye fiction, [...]

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The Zen Man, review on Gerald So’s blogspot

On January 13, 2012 By

Gerald So — poet, editor, instructor, and private-eye genre enthusiast — has posted a review of The Zen Man on his blogspot, excerpt below:

The Zen Man is an homage and update of Dashiell Hammett’s Nick and Nora Charles, a well-paced mix of banter, action, and New Age [...]

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