Elizabeth Breck is a California licensed private investigator. She went back to school and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California San Diego with a bachelor's degree in Writing. She writes the Madison Kelly Mysteries about her alter ego Madison Kelly.
The latest book in the series is Double Take.
[Q&A with Elizabeth Breck]
At CrimeReads Breck tagged five favorite authors who get the private investigator novel right every time, including:
Stephanie Plum by Janet EvanovichRead about the other entries on the list.
Due to the comedic nature of this series, a person could think that Stephanie’s work isn’t presented realistically. In addition, this is another “technically, not a PI,” book series, but as an unlikely bounty hunter, Stephanie and her sidekicks do a lot of skip-tracing, finding someone who has skipped out on their bail, and that is what PIs do as well. There is accuracy in the way they locate their subjects, both in searching internet and other records, pounding the pavement to track the person, and even Stephanie pretending to be someone she’s not in order to get information. Sure, there is hilarity and downright schtick, but even a real-life PI can suspend some disbelief to have a good laugh. Janet gets it right on the serious stuff, where it matters.
One for the Money is a good place to start.
--Marshal Zeringue
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