Here's a humorous take on the old stereotype. "Unlike the private eye, he's not a romantic figure; he's paid by the hour and probably on the take. Maybe he has

Here's a humorous take on the old stereotype. "Unlike the private eye, he's not a romantic figure; he's paid by the hour and probably on the take. Maybe he has a little drinking problem. He...turns up. He always has, at least as far back as July 30, 1917, when two New York hotel detectives caught then-senator Warren G. Harding in bed with an underage girl ..." https://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/behind-closed-doors https://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/behind-closed-door...