Confessions of a Private Eye

My Thirty Years Investigating Cheaters, Frauds, Missing Persons and Crooks

De: Scott Fulmer

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Discover what it's really like to be a Private Investigator from one of the top Private Eyes in the country. Confessions of a Private Eye offers an accurate behind-the-scenes look at the real-life cases of celebrated Private Investigator and Super Sleuth, Scott Fulmer. In a thrilling private eye career spanning almost three decades, he has seen it all.

Join Scott as he describes in breathtaking detail his investigations and daring challenges involving kidnapped children, missing diamonds, and high-dollar insurance scams. Discover how he busted a fake chiropractic clinic, recovered thousands of dollars of purloined tortillas, and proved an injured stripper was not so injured after all. In the private eye world truth really is stranger than fiction.

At the age of eight, Scott discovered the mysteries of Sherlock Holmes in his elementary school library and his career choice was set. His investigations have taken him from Texas to Nebraska and California to Washington, DC. From the streets of San Francisco to a secret cave in rural Pennsylvania where he began working with the U.S. government. Scott has unraveled intrigues, busted employee theft and even worked with the F.B.I. His true-life cases have run the gamut from workers compensation fraud and murder, to recovering runaways, human smuggling and cheating spouses. From placing hidden GPS trackers on vehicles, proving trademark infringement, and even investigating members of the George Bush administration.

Confessions of a Private Eye is Scott's spell-binding account, and your backstage pass to learning how real private investigators go about solving cases and catching the bad guys. Of course, all the names, locations and other identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of the innocent (and the guilty). Learn how Scott got his start in the private investigator business and the mistakes he made along the way. His narrative is insightful and often poignant. Not every investigation has a happy ending. But through it all you'll learn about Scott's unique investigatory methods and his state-of-the-art equipment. Confessions of a Private Eye is a humorous, thorough, and perceptive depiction of the mysterious private investigation world by one of the country's top private eyes.

A career retrospective with insight into criminals

More than just a narrative on crime. The book offers perspective on how people turned to criminality like the mother/daughter fraudsters mentioned in the book. Unlike other authors, Scott doesn't lean into the extreme dark side of his investigations. He instead crafts a more compelling story by detailing cause, effect, and the lives affected. He also isn't shy about exposing the mundane nature of PI work; like sitting for four hours or days staring through the car windshield waiting for something to happen. Scott lets us look through his eyes as he silently monitors the targets of his investigations.

He's been the business long enough to recall when the profession's standards were loose and shares some trade-craft from those outlaw days.

Enjoyed all the South Texas references since I also called that area home for about ten years. One on my favorite parts of the book involves someone who almost hired him because he charged too much. That decision cost them a lot more than money in the long run. Overall it is an interesting career retrospective of a private investigator. He runs a podcast and has a great voice so hoping he'll narrate the next book. Confessions of a Private Eye is part autobiography, part true crime, and an education on how people game the system. I recommend it.