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    Finder: The True Story of a Private Investigator

    By Gary Provost and Marilyn Greene

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    In the last two decades, Private Investigator Marilyn Greene has found more than two hundred people — sometimes discovering in hours or minutes a person missing for years. In FINDER, Greene shares her news-making triumphs, the joyous family reunions she's made possible, and the chilling cases of dead ends. Often called in when all efforts by law enforcement officials have failed, she has traveled the country to locate runaways, children abducted by parents and strangers, and suicide and homicide victims.

    Hailed by Esquire as one of the "men and women under forty who are changing the face of America," Marilyn Greene's story is riveting true adventure. Here is the compelling account of how she uses her instincts and her experience to find "hopelessly lost" individuals; surprising techniques about how and where to look for missing persons; and the tools of her trade, from specially trained dogs to publicly available directories and maps. FINDER is an invaluable resource on missing-person cases — and spellbinding reading.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrossroad Press
    Release dateFeb 27, 2014
    ISBN9781310501920
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    • 5/5
      Driven. Called to serve. That's what this woman really is. She clearly displays her need to be in the forefront of finding people who are missing whether they are still alive or not, whether as a volunteer with a small child and a nonsupportive husband, or as a minimally paid licensed private investigator, or back in the volunteer sector. The book is wrenching as she relates the scarcity of knowledgeable volunteers or professionals, the spotty incidence of respect, and many particular investigations/hardships/results. I was ashamed at the lack of respect given her by state and local law enforcement, but oddly encouraged by that shown by FBI and the Air Force. This book can be difficult to read in places, and I suspect that some readers stuck in a bookmark and put it back in their TBR pile. I am more fortunate than that because my copy is audio and narrated by Sara K. Sheckells whose audio interpretation is absolutely perfect. I requested and received a free review copy courtesy of AudioBookBOOM.
    • 4/5
      A fascinating story.
    • 2/5
      "Finder: The True Story of a Private Investigator" by Marilyn Greene and Gary Provost - Greene's 1988 account of her PI career seemed almost quaint. Nowadays, much of her legwork could be accomplished by clicking a few buttons on the Internet. There's still valid emotion to be found in these stories, especially one case that hit close to home.