Take the Money and Strut: A Private Investigator's Guide to Collecting a Bad Debt

by Fay Faron

Please view the 2nd and 3rd images to see the table of contents. Written by a very experienced P.I., you can see how comprehensive it is.

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1988

About the author

Fay Faron first came into the national conscienceless in 1982 when she founded The Rat Dog Dick Detective Agency in San Francisco. In 1991, her advice column, “Ask Rat Dog,” was syndicated by King Features, leading to appearances on virtually every major TV talk & news show of the decade, including Oprah (3 times), Larry King Live and Good Morning America.

Faron has authored three books (“Missing Persons” & “Rip-off,” published by Writer’s Digest; and the self-published, “A Nasty Bit of Business”) and been the subject of “Hastened to their Graves,” a true crime by Edgar award-winning author, Jack Olsen.

In 2001, Faron sold her detective agency and moved to Louisiana, where she was named “Ferrygodmother of New Orleans” in 2016 for saving the local ferry system. In 2020, she was awarded Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award” for her investigative endeavors and community activism.

“Journey of an Ex-Teetotaling Virgin” is a memoir of her traveling years right out of college.