The Investigator's Professional Reference
For working private investigators, corporate investigators, and boutique agencies.
Professional Reference Material
These playbooks are professional reference material intended for licensed investigators. They are not legal advice. Investigators are responsible for compliance with the laws of their jurisdiction and the specific requirements of their clients and cases.
The TALON Difference
Every playbook is built against TALON, the proprietary defensive-operations doctrine developed inside The Investigator's Desk through years of federal investigative practice.
Actor-model analysis
Reverse trace
Artifact mapping
evidence econstruction
"Subscribers receive the playbook; the proprietary model that produced it stays inside the platform."
Tier 1 at a Glance
50
Investigative Case Playbooks
7
Reference Documents
$127
Per Month
within 24-36h
Dispatch
Tier 1 is the foundational reference layer beneath every Tier 1 and Tier 2 Investigative case playbook.
The 50 Investigative Case Playbooks
50 TALON reverse engineered case briefs
The complete Tier 1 case catalog. Each entry is a standalone playbook covering the case type named. Each investigative matter also includes a proprietary TALON Brief of the case reverse engineered.
1. Abductions, No Ransom
2. Adoption and Birth Parent Search
3. Asset Recovery Investigations
4. Background Investigations
5. Business Partnership Disputes
6. Cargo Theft
7. Church and Religious Institution
8. Conflict of Interest
9. Corporate Espionage
10. Corporate Internal Theft
11. Counterfeit Products (ICI)
12. Cryptocurrency and Digital Asset
13. Custody
14. Cyber Extortion and Ransomware
15. Cyber Incident Response
16. Digital Investigations
17. Discrimination
18. Due Diligence
19. Elder Abuse and Vulnerable Adult
20. Employee Theft
21. Ethics Violations
22. Expense Fraud
23. FCPA and International Anti-Corruption
24. Financial Fraud
25. Healthcare Fraud
26. Hostile Employee
27. Human Trafficking (Domestic)
28. Identity Theft (Consumer)
29. Infidelity / Domestic
30. Insider Threat
31. Insurance Fraud
32. Internal HR Investigation
33. K&R Response
34. Missing Persons
35. Parental Kidnapping
36. Payroll Fraud
37. Process Service
38. Procurement and Vendor Fraud
39. Sabotage Investigations
40. Sexual Harassment and Workplace Misconduct
41. Skip Trace
42. Stalking
43. State and Local Public Corruption
44. Substance Abuse
45. Supply Chain Theft (ICI)
46. Technical Surveillance Counter Measures
47. Whistleblower Investigations
48. Workers' Compensation Fraud
49. Workplace Violence
50. Wrongful Death
Public Catalog: Case titles are available for prospective subscribers to review. Full playbooks and TALON Briefs are delivered to active subscribers upon request.
7 Reference Documents
Pure reference. No case type. Each reference document underpins every Tier 1 and Tier 2 case playbook where applicable.
Surveillance Operations
Reference layer for physical, mobile, and static surveillance across every Tier 1 and Tier 2 playbook.
Interview Strategy
Reference layer for subject, witness, and target interviews across every Tier 1 and Tier 2 playbook.
Report Writing
Reference layer for report drafting, evidence structuring, and admissibility posture across every Tier 1 and Tier 2 playbook.
Litigation Support and Criminal Defense
Reference layer for civil and criminal litigation support, evidence packaging, and defense investigation methodology across every Tier 1 and Tier 2 playbook.
Threat Assessment
Reference layer for threat identification, escalation scoring, and mitigation planning across every Tier 1 and Tier 2 playbook.
Executive Protection Intelligence
Reference layer for principal protection intelligence, advance work, and threat mitigation across every Tier 1 and Tier 2 playbook.
HNW and UHNW Intelligence
Reference layer for high net worth and ultra high net worth client intelligence, family office coordination, and privacy protected engagements across every Tier 1 and Tier 2 playbook.
Reports
Recurring Reports
Monthly
Monthly AI Case Law Report
Monthly Case Study
Quarterly
Cross-Case Pattern Intelligence Report
On-Demand Reports
15 Single-Topic Reports — $75/report
AI and Deepfake Awareness
Behavioral Analysis, Deception, and Body Language
Business and Competitive Intelligence
Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
Event Threat Assessment
Foreign Influence
Hostile Counter-Surveillance Awareness
Insider Threat Indicators
Opsec, Phones and Apps
OSINT, Social Media, and Dark Web Investigations
Intelligence Analysis:Strategic, Tactical, andOperational
Shell Companies andVendor Network Analysis
Supply Chain Intelligence
Threat Actor Profiling
Timeline Analysis, Event Reconstruction, and Relationship Mapping
Free Sample Playbooks
Explore two sample dispatches before subscribing.
Background Investigations
Real Estate BEC & Wire Diversion Investigation
What Ships & How
Two Documents Per Case Request
Operational Playbook
Methodology, workflow, evidence protocols, client communication lifecycle, referral guidance and case-specific communication templates.
TALON Brief
Actor model, artifact map and reverse-trace sequence explaining the investigative approach.
Universal Forms
25 universal forms are provided separately as a one-time subscriber download.
Delivery Framework
Case requests → secure email
Dispatch → within 24–36 hours
Maximum → 3 playbooks / rolling 7 days
Monthly reports → scheduled delivery
Quarterly report → scheduled delivery
On-Demand Reports → separate purchase