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Recap #cclivechat August 24, 2012

August 24, 2012 By Alice

Recap #cclivechat August 24, 2012. Today, the Writing PIs joined me for a chat about their work, their books, and of course, famous cases. Colleen Collins and Shaun Kaufman are co-owners of Highlands Investigations in Denver, Colorado. Their ebook How to Write a Dick: A Guide for Writing Fictional Sleuths from a Couple of Real-Life Sleuths […]

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Surfing the Net, Part 2

October 25, 2011 By Alice

Shaun Kaufman and Colleen Collins August 2011

Surfing the Net, Part 2 is a guest post by Colleen Collins & Shaun Kaufman. Part 1 was posted on October 17, 2011. Today we’ll look at some online U.S.government records, business searches, social media databases, and Deep Web searches. Bios We’re Colleen Collins and Shaun Kaufman, who co-own Highlands Investigations & Legal Services, Inc. in […]

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Surfing the Net, part 1

October 17, 2011 By Alice

Shaun Kaufman and Colleen Collins August 2011

Surfing the Net, part 1 is a guest post by Colleen Collins & Shaun Kaufman Knowing my PI-partner and myself sometimes teach classes about private investigations to writers, Alice invited us to share a course on researching the Internet here at Defrosting Cold Cases. Keep in mind that this class was geared to fiction writers, […]

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“My Son Is Missing” by Colleen Collins & Shaun Kaufman

August 11, 2011 By Alice

“My Son Is Missing” by Colleen Collins & Shaun Kaufman. How to Write a Dick: A Guide for Writing Fictional Sleuths from a Couple of Real-Life Sleuths, available on Kindle Thank you for hosting us today at Defrosting Cold Cases. We are a husband and wife investigative team who own Highlands Investigations & Legal Services, Inc. […]

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