Please Welcome PI Colleen Collins

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We are delighted to welcome author Colleen Collins to Omnimystery News today, courtesy of Worldwind Virtual Book Tours, which is coordinating her current book promotion.

Colleen's new book is Secrets of a Real-Life Female Private Eye (Colleen Collins; August 2013 ebook format). Worldwind Tours is also giving our readers a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card; details and entry form, below.

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Secrets of a Real-Life Female Private Eye
Colleen Collins

A no-holes-barred, modern-day story about life in the female P.I. fast lane.

A Sampling of Book Topics …

• History of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency and its hiring of the first U.S. female private eye, Kate Warner;
• Advantages and dangers of being a current-day female P.I.;
• Tools of the trade, including interactive crime maps, Google maps, investigative equipment and smartphone apps;
• Case examples, from ghost hunting to criminal investigations;
• Investigative tips, such as how to find lost pets, handy Google searches, where to locate court files, ways to defeat a cyberstalker, and how to send an untraceable email;
• Overview of three classic TV female private eyes;
• Links to additional articles about private investigations;
• P.I. blogs, periodicals and websites.

  

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Colleen Collins

After graduating from the University of California Santa Barbara, Colleen Collins worked as a film production assistant, improv comic, telecommunications manager at the RAND Corporation, technical writer/editor, speech writer, and private investigator. All these experiences play into her writing.

She's a member of the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) and Sisters in Crime.

When not sleuthing, Colleen's hanging with her two Rottweilers (named Jack Nicholson and Aretha Franklin), her three cats, and plotting or writing her next book.

For more information about the author, visit her at her website, ColleenCollinsBooks.com.