Private Investigator Training

Sydney Confidential
March 10, 2008 12:00am

AS one of Sydney 's most recognisable society women, it's hard to imagine Tara Moss could go unnoticed anywhere.

But the model author has what it takes to go undercover - and the real McCoy private eye qualifications too.The glamorous best-seller graduated from the Australian Security Academy on Friday with a Certificate III - with the next step to apply to NSW Police for a licence to spy.

Moss told Confidential the training was to "propel" the plots of her popular crime novels but conceded going undercover had its limitations."I'm not necessarily suited to undercover work (given her profile) but the guy I worked with on surveillance told me I was a great distraction," she said, laughing.Professionally speaking, that is.

Tailing a real private investigator for work experience on the job, Moss was used in a decoy role during a domestic stakeout in a suburban shopping centre."I had to distract the man we were following, then give the guy I was working with a signal (the man in question) was on his way back to his car."

Her commitment to getting the details right in her previous novels, from her first Fetish to her recent release Hit, has been praised by fans and critics alike.But when it comes to investigating her private life, Moss declined to reveal too much about the new Sydney man in her romantic life."There is a leading man in my life right now but it's very recent, this year. He's not a public figure and I'd rather let him speak for himself," she said, coyly.