What the Book Does
Most people who need an investigator do not need one for the whole job. They need to know whether there is something to investigate at all — and much of that groundwork is legal, free and entirely within reach of a determined amateur. I, Spy is the book that shows them how.
Written in the same plain voice Dan uses with clients, it covers the practical methods behind the profession: how to research a person properly, how to read a public record, how to spot deception in conversation, how surveillance actually works, how to protect yourself from being investigated, and — crucially — where the legal line sits and what happens if you cross it.
Inside
- Background research using public and open sources
- Recognising deception in speech, writing and behaviour
- The realities of surveillance — and its legal limits
- Infidelity investigation: what evidence means and what it does not
- Protecting your identity, devices and household from surveillance
- Spotting scams, frauds and fraudulent people
- When to stop and hire a professional
Who It Is For
Readers who suspect something and want a method instead of a spiral. Small business owners losing inventory. Parents worried about who their child is talking to. Anyone about to hand money to someone they met online. And readers who simply want to know how the profession really works, told by someone who has done it since 1990.
Suspicion is not evidence. This book is about the difference — and about how to close the gap between them without breaking the law.