Spy the Lie

Key Features

• 'Real-life insights from former CIA agents useful for all walks of life
• Three former CIA officers-the world's foremost authorities on recognizing deceptive behaviour-share their techniques for spotting a lie.

About the Book: Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception

Imagine how different your life would be if you knew when someone was lying or telling you the truth. Whether hiring a new employee, investing money, knowing when your boss is being completely up-front, finding out whether your child is being totally honest, or even dating someone new, having the ability to unmask a lie can have far-reaching and even life altering consequences.

As former CIA agents, Philip Houston, Mike Floyd and Susan Carnicero are among the world's best at recognizing deceptive behaviour. Spy The Lie chronicles the fascinating story of how they used a methodology Houston developed to detect deception in the counterterrorism and criminal investigation realms, and how these techniques can be applied in our daily lives.

Through thrilling anecdotes from their careers in counterintelligence, the authors provide a foolproof means of identifying deceptive behaviour, showing readers how to study nuances, both verbal and non-verbal, such as putting hands to the face in response to a question; repeating a question, using qualifiers ('basically, I…') and much, much more.

About the Author: Philip Houston

Philip Houston spent 25 years in the CIA, including roles as an investigator and a polygraph examiner. He is credited with developing a detection of deception methodology currently employed throughout the U.S. intelligence and federal law enforcement communities. Together with Mike Floyd and Susan Carnicero - like Phil, former CIA agents and leading authorities on interviewing, detection of deception, and elicitation - he founded Qverity, a provider of behavioural analysis and screening services for private- and public sector clients worldwide. Don Tennant is a former National Security Agency analyst, and is now a business/ technology journalist. He has been the recipient of a number of prestigious journalistic awards, including the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award.