Review: More for wanna-by private investigators
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2013
I found this book a little odd and feel it would be more suited to someone wanting to become a private investigator. The book started by running through the history of female private investigators. I found this boring - most of the women I hadn't heard of, nor had I heard of the TV shows that she put in as examples. There was a section on real stories Colleen had investigated. This section was very interesting - although the stories were a little too short - I would have liked more details. There were sections which were kind of like `how-tos'.  The first one was about tools Private investigators use - not really interesting unless you planned on becoming a PI. And lots of the tools were outdated given new smartphone technology (which was mentioned).  The other `how to' section gave investigative tips, including things on how to search on google, how to overcome a bad review. These tips were quite basic so I'm not sure would be that helpful to anyone but the very technical/computer novice.The ebook had lots of links to articles within the sections (which is mentioned in the blurb about the book). This was an issue for me however as I was reading on the bus and my kindle is wifi only therefore no internet access on the bus!  But that said I wasn't interested to click on the links. They may have provided more depth to the ebook.Overall it was a quick read with some interesting parts but not what I was expecting when I downloaded the book.  I received a complimentary copy in exchange for my review.