These stories are cozy mysteries. By that terminology, it is meant mystery stories that lack profanity, blood and gore, gratuitous violence, and depictions of sexual activity. Frequently in such stories, the mystery solvers are neither police nor private detectives. The sleuths generally use their knowledge of human nature and perhaps knowledge from their own fields to solve these mysteries. In this collection, however, the sleuths all happen to be private investigators, and a couple are men. In the process of reading these stories, you are apt to learn some things that you did not already know about private investigation and get some misconceptions cleared up. Most of the stories are fully realistic; however, several involve supernatural elements. You will notice that, even if the investigator finds out what the client wants, she might not wind up knowing everything. You will also notice how often these investigators rely upon the ownership or location of motor vehicles. By the way, beware of red herrings; private investigators have to.

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