Is the Private Eye Becoming Obsolete?

Mystery & Crime • Writing Craft
2011
Featuring Richard Helms

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Richard Helms takes a close look at the private investigator in a rapidly changing world. He explores how technology, surveillance, and modern policing have reshaped detective work, and what those changes mean for the future of the PI as a literary and cultural icon.

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