abstract:An insurance investigator examines matters pertaining to insurance claims that are suspicious or otherwise in doubt for some reason. Investigators in this field have differing specialties and backgrounds.
And perilous his situation duly becomes as his pilfering brings him into contact with insuranceinvestigator Catherine Banning who turns out to be more than his match.
By coincidence, photo retailer Photojojo featured a pointer on its Twitter feed today to the pop culture blog Accidental Mysteries, and a lovely spread on Camera Comics, a 1940s comic-book series glamorizing the work of historical photographers like Matthew Brady and fictional heroes like Jim Lane InsuranceInvestigator!
Since the thieves (who dressed as police) have not been identified, and since every crime story needs a villain, Stolen substitutes a hero with a would-be hero--the crime's investigator, Harold Smith , a respected insuranceinvestigator of 78, disfigured by skin cancer, who has made recovering the Gardner pictures the mission of his retirement.