Missing Persons: A Writer's Guide to Finding the Lost, the Abducted and the Escaped (Howdunit Series)

Faron, Fay

ISBN 10: 089879790X / ISBN 13: 9780898797909

Published by Writers Digest Books, 2005

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Seller Inventory # 089879790X-2-36774459

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Missing Persons: A Writer's Guide to Finding the Lost, the Abducted and the Escaped (Howdunit Series)
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 089879790X
• ISBN 13: 9780898797909
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 14 ounces

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Synopsis

With Missing Persons in hand you'll find the types that commonly become PIs - ex-cops, macho criminal wannabes, reporters; the easiest people to find (men, property owners and professionals) and the hardest (women, scoundrels and those with common names); profiles of the missing and profiles of those searching; how and why people hide; what can be gleaned from public record; secret and not-so-secret databases; and the lowdown on interviewing, surveillance and the benefits of a good scam.
Missing Persons goes beyond the basic search, and details the process of looking for someone, typical clients and the reaction once the missing is found. There's more than a presentation of facts here. Faron backs up her clues with anecdotes from Rat Dog case files. As with any good whodunit, Faron's engaging style and true-life adventures will have you turning pages. In short, every gumshoe's search should begin here.

About the Author

Fay Faron runs the Rat Dog Dick Detective Agency in San Francisco, and writes the syndicated column "Ask Rat Dog."