The Professional Investigator

About the Book

The real world of the private detective is much more than popular fiction implies. It's about hard work, creative thinking, long hours and endless details. Learn through the unique writing style of one of the professions most respected investigators. These stories, articles and essays have appeared in national and state investigative journals across the country. Compiled together they provide the experienced and neophyte investigator with a good solid overview of "how to" approach a variety of investigative tasks. Combined with the forms at the back of the book, this volume becomes the most handy reference that any investigator could use. Even the most skilled practictioner needs to understand the business of investigating before he or she can become a successful professional private investigator. This book does it all. It takes the reader through billing, marketing and report writing to difficult interviews, domestic and personal injury investigations. A complete and valuable text written in an enjoyable and readable style.

About the Author

Kitty Hailey, CLI is the recipient of the 2001 Julius Bombet Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the winner of the 2002 Editor/Publisher Award from the National Association of Legal Investigators. Additionally, she has been awarded Editor/Publisher Awards from NALI in 2000 and 2001, an Editor/Publisher Award from the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators in 2001 and from the Indiana Society of Professional Investigators in 1998. Kitty is an advocate of professionalism in the industry. She speaks regularly at training seminars for investigators around the country. She is featured as a contributing author in three industry text books: Advanced Forensic Criminal Defense Investigations (Ciolino/Castle Editors), Advanced Forensic Civil Investigations (Ciolino/Castle Editors) and The ABC's of Corporate Investigations (Montgomery Editor), Lawyers and Judges Publishing Company. She can be reached at kittycli@aol.com.