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unable to get the interest of the police, they hired a private eye to find their missing daughter
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Maxine’s past catches up with her, however, when a sleazy private eye (Kevin Bacon) gets on her tail, threatening to reveal all.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 30 June 2024
In the era of the heroic private eye, when cops worked in concert with them and often deferred to them, few loomed larger than Burns.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
An arrest of a newspaper’s private eye In 2006, Lewis was named to lead The Daily Telegraph, a conservative newspaper closely allied with the Tory party there.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 15 June 2024
Ryo, a private eye who never misses his target, joins forces with his late partner’s sister, Kaori, to investigate his partner’s death.
—Emily Maskell, Vulture, 3 June 2024
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 30 June 2024
In the era of the heroic private eye, when cops worked in concert with them and often deferred to them, few loomed larger than Burns.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
An arrest of a newspaper’s private eye In 2006, Lewis was named to lead The Daily Telegraph, a conservative newspaper closely allied with the Tory party there.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 15 June 2024
Ryo, a private eye who never misses his target, joins forces with his late partner’s sister, Kaori, to investigate his partner’s death.
—Emily Maskell, Vulture, 3 June 2024
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“Private eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20eye. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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