Mayhem in Mayberry: Misadventures of a P.I. in Southern Appalachia

As a licensed private investigator in western North Carolina, Brian Lee Knopp could outrun enraged pit bulls, slink unseen and unheard through the tangled forests, and find missing evidence in the bottom of a dumpster. To get the goods on his subjects, he would perch in trees, lie motionless for hours in camoflage, drive rented sports cars and U-Haul trucks, ride horses and bikes, even paddle whitewater kayaks. He could talk his way out of almost every predicament imaginable--except for how to succeed as a P.I. without failing as a human being.

Mayhem in Mayberry: Misadventures of a P.I. in Southern Appalachia is a fearless, take-no-prisoners account of P.I. culture, an unforgettable portrait of personal loss and failure, and a blistering ride through the heart of Southern Appalachia. This revised 2nd Edition features a cover redesign, a new preface, a bonus chapter with a story considered too dark to tell in the 2009 edition, and other surprises

Publisher: Cosmic Pigbite Press
Published: 10/01/2019
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9780578541709

About the Author
Knopp, Brian Lee: - Brian Lee Knopp is a retired private investigator who provided legal support investigations to civil and criminal attorneys for over thirty years. A graduate of the John E. Reid Technique, the country's preeminent interview and interrogation program, Knopp held state certifications as both a capital case investigator and sentence mitigation specialist. He wrote the 2009 best-selling memoir Mayhem in Mayberry: Misadventures of a P.I. in Southern Appalachia (Cosmic Pigbite Press). He also created and contributed to the collaborative novel Naked Came the Leaf Peeper (Burning Bush Press 2011). His 2017 personal essay detailing the August 6, 1981 takeover of central Florida's largest rock radio station by the Ida Lupino Liberation Organization (ILLO)-Dreams I'm Never Gonna See: The Takeover of WDIZ Rock 100. A True Story-is available on Amazon Kindle. A former professional sheep shearer with an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin, Knopp taught composition at Warren Wilson College and nonfiction writing for The Great Smokies Writing Program at UNC-Asheville. His nonfiction work has appeared in Stoneboat Journal, WNC Magazine, Now & Then, and The Great Smokies Review. His book reviews, essays, and poems have been published in several regional magazines and anthologies. He lives somewhere in the mountains near Asheville with his own pittie, Odin.