private investigator
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Join local social-media groups, call board officers directly, or use personal connections to get information before making an offer, said Dave Amis, a private investigator in Austin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
George Pelecanos’s most recent novel starring Derek Strange, a black cop turned private investigator in Washington, D.C., came out in 2012.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
"When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a private investigator," she said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Part essay, part documentary archive, it chronicled the discoveries she made as a private investigator and her attempt to renew her PI license that fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The general put him in touch with a private investigator named Peter Kalitka, who’d done contract work for both the DIA and the CIA.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
