Private Eyes: A Writer's Guide to Private Investigating

by C. Sweet, John Landreth, Hal Blythe, et al.

Book Overview

Part of the Howdunit series, Private Eyes is written by a professional in the field. It provides the inside details that writers need to weave a credible-and salable-story. essential buy for any... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898795494
• ISBN13: 9780898795493
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

As the title states, this is a valuable guide for writers.

Very few of us get the opportunity to experience the actual day to day environment of the "cops and robbers'" world. "Private Eyes" does a very good job of showing us what goes on in the everyday life of the private investigator, as well as the police detective. Written jointly by two professors of creative writing and an ex-policeman turned private investigator, this book offers an interesting and helpful insight into the profession of crime investigation. Writers need to be factual in their descriptions. After reading this book I found myself editing some of the relevant data I had erroneously included in my novel. It pays to do good research, and this book worked well for me.