Detectives Don't Wear Seat Belts: True Adventures of a Female P.I.
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1599951878 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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She also works as a court-appointed Homicide Investigator handling both capital and non-capital cases. Ms. Cici McNair, P.I., was born and raised in Mississippi. She has set up households in Canada, England, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, and Cyprus and has traveled all over the world. . A graduate of BriarcliffCollege in New York, she worked as a researcher for CBC-TV'
Can anyone have led such a zany, explosive, fun-filled, and inviting existence from Rome to Florida to Mississippi and from New York to Philadelphia? Reading is believing. McNair's crafted vignettes of low-rent detectives are like chocolate truffles: dark, bittersweet, and addictive." (Bruce Schimmel, founder and columnist, Philadelphia City Paper 2009-01-00)"One of the few female members of this hard-living, stained-tie fraternity, McNair declassifies the donkey work and dangers that are all part of the job description for those who would live for the chase." (
When Cici finds herself in New York, divorced, broke, and fashionably starving to death in a Madison Avenue apartment, she impulsively decides to become a private detective.But, as Cici soon learns, the world of P.I.s is tight-knit and made up almost exclusively of former law enforcement officers. Growing up in Mississippi, Cici McNair was always more the tomboy her mother supported than the Southern belle her father demanded. Diligently working her way through the Yellow Pages, doggedly pursuing the slightest lead, Cici is finally hired by a private investigator willing to take a chance. Whether working at the Vatican in Rome or consorting with a gunrunner in Haiti, she lived a life of international adventure. She quickly realizes she'll need all her energy and wits to succeed in this new world.Being a private investigator is as exciting and liberating as Cici ever dreamed, from creating a false identity on the spot on her first case in the field to surviving adr
Great book!! Simply put this is a great book. I loved it, couldn't put it down and felt like it included me in Cici McNair's struggle to survive in the male dominated world of international private investigation. It wasn't like I was reading about someone else's experience, it was like I was right beside her when she was doing servailance, tailing subjects and sorting out scams, questionable characters and multi million dollar knock-off operations. I was drawn into case after ca. Detectives Don't Wear Seatbelts-Cici McNair Lauren Cannavino Cici McNair weaves her memoir through the deep south of Mississippi and the streets of New York City. After traveling the world and trying her hand at a variety of careers, Cici decides to become a private investigator. Cici soon learns that becoming a P.I., especially a female one, is not as easy as she first thought. When the charismatic Vinny Pardo in New York City finally gives her a chance, for six dollars an hour, Cici is officially on her way. Discovering tha. "A Non-Southern Belle at Her Finest" according to Christine Fernandez - The IE Mommy. You have to read this book. I loved it. I really truly did. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I have actually worked for a few Private Investigators in my lifetime, although none as colorful or adventurous as the groupsCici worked withI could still relate to so much that she discovered within the P.I. world.Cici McNair has lived more then one lifetime of adventures. I enjoyed her thoughts and reminiscing of her childhood, her adult life and her adventures as a P