private investigators

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to the country house of the reclusive American Jack Douglas, only to find they are too late to prevent a mysterious murder.

Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, investigate the murder of an American and his private secretary.

Marcus Didius Falco, an informer and investigator in first-century Rome, is commissioned by Emperor Vespasian to find an important German prisoner who has escaped into the chaos of the Saturnalia festivities, leaving a decapitated corpse behind, and his job becomes more complicated when his married brother-in-law, a former lover of the fugitive, goes missing at the same time.

Inspector Hercule Poirot, having retired to the small English village of King's Abbot, is drawn into the investigation of the murders of the widow Mrs. Ferrars and her suitor, local squire Roger Ackroyd.

When a sweet old lady disappears, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford come out of retirement to find out what happened to her.

Wheelchair-bound detective Hercule Poirot challenges his longtime friend Captain Arthur Hastings to find a killer at Styles Court, the site of their first case, before another victim falls.

Profiles one hundred careers in the fields of crime fighting, covering law enforcement, the criminal justice system, private security, and cyberspace crime detection, and includes a discussion of opportunities for women and minorities.

Details the history and cases of private investigators and bounty hunters and discusses their fictional representations in novels, short stories, motion pictures, and television shows.

When their detective father asks them to play burglar in order to protect a client's valuable invention from thieves, the Hardy boys find themselves involved in a large and dangerous conspiracy.

Former CIA agent Jack Morgan runs Private, an international investigation company involved in solving important cases around the world. When he learns that his best friend's wife and Jack's former lover has been killed, Jack devotes all of the company's resources to tracking down her killer, while navigating a workplace romance that threatens to disrupt his plans.