A review by thedptdiaries
Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception by Susan Carnicero, Philip Houston, Michael Floyd

3.0

I thought the information in this book was interesting, but none of it was anything special. This book could just as easily have been written by a psychologist or other educator, and there was nothing that I felt like made it feel like it was 'from the CIA.' It was cool to reflect on some of the tactics used to elicit truth and how they overlap with the way I ask questions as a physical therapist to elicit more information in case I am missing something. I thought this book was a little short - I think that the authors had a lot of opportunity for more in-depth story-telling and using more visuals rather than listing things out in more of a textbook format, so I think I would have enjoyed it more had they taken their time with the stories and gone deeper into some points to really drive them home. I did not love that a lot of chapters had writing along the margins and eventually I stopped flipping back to read those tidbits.