- Only one alcoholic binge per novel, even if your private-eye is Irish.
- The detective is enormously successful with women, even if his creator can never seem to get a date.
- The detective never gets his automobile broken into or stripped, even when parked for long periods of time in the worst areas of the city.
- The detective is always a competent driver and an expert marksman, even when totally ripped.
- For the most part, good guys carry revolvers. Bad guys carry automatics.
- The detective has an uncommonly hard head which can take tons of abuse without developing a subdural hematoma.
- The detective always has a ready pencil for his notebook, no matter how improbable that may seem. Similarly, he never looses his notebook either.
- Something about turtles.
- The detective always carries beautifully printed business cards which convey the idea that he also has a really nice office, which he doesn't.
- The detective has no need to fear any ungodly increases in the price of booze, cigarettes, or gasoline, which would diminish the quality of his private-eye lifestyle.[/B]
melanie writes:what is the job discription in terms of duties, activitys, and responsibilitys?
Malanie, you can find stuff in terms of the fictional private-eye definintions here.As far as real-life private invetigators, I'd just do a Google search and you should be able to find something.