This Just In: Intelligence and Private Investigation

This morning's other nice surprise was receiving my recently ordered copy of "Intelligence and Private Investigation: Developing Sophisticated Methods for Conducting Enquiries" edited by Hank Prunkun, PhD.

Quite a title.

I purchased this after a heads-up from Hal Humphries over at Pursuit Magazine, who promised a review...

Still waiting, Hal.

Like I can talk.

Anyway, I'll get around to doing a review of my own as soon as I've had a chance to thoroughly read it. In the meantime, you can sneak a view of what's inside over at Amazon.

Having said that, I think I still owe you another review.

Shameless Product Placement: Monsieur Notebooks

As you should know by now, Dear Reader, I have a thing for notebooks. A compulsion that drives me - an urge that cannot be satiated.

Must. Have. More. Notebooks.

Moleskine, Leuchtturm, or some unnamed knock-off - I've gone through them all. And none of them have quite filled all my, quite specific, notebookery needs.

Well, enter a new contender.

I received an email this morning from Tom (probably his real name) informing me of the upcoming launch of Monsieur Notebooks.

They've even offered me a sample for review. That's a first!

Anyway, judging from the content of their website, I'm already excited by the prospect given that notebooks can be customised from a range of options or even created from scratch with their bespoke service.

Naturally, I've replied to Tom kindly accepting his offer and will gladly post a thorough review once I get my hot and sweaty hands on said product.

Lastly, here is a video on their coming launch.

Anatomy of a (Mostly Successful) Follow

I had a big day recently, Dear Reader, on a surveillance case following a subject from the only location we knew where she would be at within a particular timeframe.

The mission was to obtain a visual ID on her and commence with the follow to determine where she was staying and whether or not she was meeting anyone else. 

The Client prepared a detailed brief along with supplying photographs of the Subject and possible Third Party.

And this was my very first client-set value-based billing case.

So how did it go?

No names, no pack-drill

You know how it goes.

I would have updated the blog sooner but I've been unavoidably detained by a number of real-world issues that have kept me otherwise occupied. It has been a hectic few weeks and I'm glad that it is now (mostly) behind me.

No doubt a few of you will surmise I have been away on some NWO-sanctioned black bag op against your fellow citizens and to that I can only tender the following video for your edutainment.

For the rest of you, those who aren't barking mad, expect a few more posts of an investigative nature over the next few days.

As you were.