It's back — by popular demand.

This immensely popular tool is bulging with listings of the most useful public records resources – including the addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers and websites of California’s city clerks, police and sheriff’s departments, county clerks, recorders, assessors, registrars of voters, district attorneys, libraries, chambers of commerce, newspapers, genealogy resources and more. Also, state and federal offices that house the documents every investigator, journalist, investor or savvy consumer needs.

If you're serious about your investigations,
YOU NEED THIS BOOK.

Don Ray's Investigator's Handbook has become standard issue to federal, state, county and city investigators, journalists and private investigators who need to be current with regard to

WHAT government records are currently available to any person. This valuable book includes the address, phone numbers and, in this edition, the World Wide Web addresses for evey city hall, police department, county clerk, sheriff, superior court, federal court and much more, including local libraries, newspapers, chambers of commerce and more. More than just a directory, this book explains

HOW to think through an investigation, how to approach curators of public records, how to use state and federal laws to gain access to public records and how to get more help if you reach a dead end. Both experienced and novice investigators regularly use this book to find out exactly

WHERE the offices are in California, their mail addresses, their phone numbers and, in most cases, their fax numbers and Websites.

It's an essential tool used daily by:
Police Detectives
Investigative Reporters
Paralegals
FBI Agents
Private Investigators
Crime Analysts
Authors and Writers
Sheriffs Investigators
Skip Tracers
Department of Justice Investigators
Genealogists
District Attorney Investigators
Reunion Organizers
Secret Service Agents
Public Defenders
Consumer Advocates
Department of Motor Vehicles Investigators
Screenwriters
Corporate Security Agents
Adoption-related Searchers
Insurance Investigators
Opposition Research Specialists
Missing Heir Investigators
Background Investigators
Postal Inspectors
Gaming Commission Investigators
Workers Compensation Investigators
People Searchers
Attorneys
Private Investigation Schools
Auto Theft Investigators
Prospect Research Specialists
and many more.

Here's what experts say:

"The book is an instant reference source I wouldn't be without." -- Daniela Wild, Veteran Police Reporter.
"I searched for my natural father for six years. Then I picked up this book and found him in an hour." -- Lisa Persons, Vietnam War Refugee.
"One of our most used resources." Chief Richard Propster (Ret.), Gardena Police.
"It's the best study guide ever for the California Private Investigator's Exam." Michael G. Schott, Private Investigator.

Order now and receive a 25% pre-publish discount.

Regular price -- $19.95. You pay $14.95 plus $4.00 for shipping and handling.

Pre-publish discount expires when the books finish rolling off the presses later in 2003.

Order online at www.marionstreetpress.com

For mail orders, phone orders, quantity discounts or questions, contact the publisher at:

Marion Street Press, Inc.
P.O. Box 2249
Oak Park, IL 60303.
(866) 443-7987.

You can call Don Ray directly at (760) 900-1735 or e-mail him at donray@donray.com.