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Mystery: July 24, 2024 Issue [#12651]




 This week: Private eyes are watching you
  Edited by: Arakun the twisted raccoon Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

Quote for the week:

"Mystery spread its cloak across the sky.
We lost our way.
Shadows fell from trees.
They knew why."
~From "House of Four Doors" by the Moody Blues


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Letter from the editor

Private detectives (also called private investigators or PIs) are investigators that can be hired by individuals to gather and analyze information on legal or personal matters. They are often featured in mystery stories because they can get involved in cases or situations that might not involve law enforcement. Famous fictional private investigators include Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, and Philip Marlowe.

As well as individual clients, private investigators may also work for businesses, insurance companies, or attorneys. Their services might include finding people, doing background checks, and verifying insurance claims.

While some famous fictional private investigators are amateurs, such as Nancy Drew or Jessica Fletcher, real life private investigators are often required to have certain qualifications in order to do business professionally. Licensure requirements differ depending on the state or country. While some US states don't require a license, others require private investigators to pass a test as well as have some relevant experience, such as police work or military service. Some areas might require a degree in criminal justice or some related field. If you include a private investigator in your stories, do research to find out what licensure requirements are in place in the area where your story is set.

Private investigators can investigate some cases that the police might not take, such as looking for missing items when there is no evidence that they have been stolen. They might also be hired to investigate cold cases that the police have not been able to solve. Private investigators are also limited in ways the police are not. They cannot get a warrant to search a crime scene or make arrests. They also do not have access to all criminal databases or confidential information that the police or other law enforcement have at their disposal.

While private investigators investigate crimes and other mysteries as a business, they also have the freedom to take any case that interests them. Shaye Archer, a private investigator in Jana Deleon's series of the same name, is independently wealthy, so she is able to take cases for clients that cannot pay if needed. In one story, a street kid asked her to investigate the disappearance of several of his friends, which the police had not taken seriously.

Something to try: Write a mystery story that includes a private investigotor.


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