Behind the Camera

Behind the Camera — Memoirs of a Private Investigator Volume One

By Matthew Schultz

What does it cost to uncover the truth when no one else wants to see it?

For more than twenty-three years, private investigator Matthew Schultz has worked behind the scenes, documenting real investigations involving missing persons, domestic violence, infidelity, fraud, and human deception. Behind the Camera — Memoirs of a Private Investigator Volume One is a true crime memoir that reveals what private investigators experience long after the surveillance ends and the reports are filed.

This is not sensationalized true crime. These are real cases told by the investigator who lived them.

Inside these pages, Schultz recounts investigations that shaped his career, including a missing child case that ended in survival against the odds, a domestic abuse investigation captured through an open window, and numerous cases where evidence brought answers but not peace. Each chapter explores not only what happened, but the emotional and ethical weight of uncovering the truth.

Interwoven with the cases are reflections on mentorship, loss, and the human side of investigative work. Schultz writes candidly about interns learning the profession, colleagues lost too soon, and the quiet responsibility investigators carry when clients place their lives and fears in someone else’s hands.

This book is ideal for readers of:

• True crime and investigative nonfiction

• Memoirs about law enforcement and unusual professions

• Private investigator stories based on real cases

• Criminal justice and criminology readers

• Narrative nonfiction with emotional depth

Behind the Camera — Volume One is the first book in an ongoing memoir series chronicling real investigations, the people behind them, and the personal cost of living in the gray space between justice and truth.

Some cases end with answers.
Some end with silence.
These are the ones that stayed.