{"product_id":"everybody-lies-the-history-science-and-practice-of-deception-detection-paperback","title":"Everybody Lies: The History, Science, and Practice of Deception Detection - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen John Komorek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSomeone lied to you today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe a colleague. Maybe a client. Maybe someone who loves you. You did not notice-and that is not a failure of instinct. It is how deception works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is what should unsettle you: when researchers tested nearly 25,000 people on their ability to distinguish lies from truth, the average accuracy was only 54 percent. A coin flip gets 50. Confidence did not make people more accurate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything you think you know about catching a liar-the shifting eyes, fidgeting hands, nervous movements, or story told too smoothly-comes largely from folklore that has been tested and did not survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is about what does.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver more than two decades in investigations and intelligence work, Stephen John Komorek has sat across from people with everything to lose: fraudsters, spies, corporate executives, witnesses, and ordinary people facing the worst moments of their lives. He has watched skilled professionals get deception catastrophically wrong-and learned the difference between a hunch and a defensible finding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEverybody Lies, Second Edition\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers from the river ordeals of ancient Babylon to the interview rooms of modern intelligence services-through the invention of the polygraph, the development of behavioral science, and the case files of some of the most damaging traitors in American history: Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, and Ana Montes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, you will discover why the most dangerous person in an interview may be the one asking the questions; why watching someone more closely can make you worse at judging them; why a system reporting 92 percent accuracy failed to identify even one innocent person in its strongest sample; and why the real skill was never simply spotting a lie. It is learning how to identify and track the pattern, understand the person behind it, and ask questions a deceptive story cannot easily survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrounded in more than 100 sources-including peer-reviewed studies, major meta-analyses, current scientific reviews, and research from leading deception scientists-this Second Edition separates evidence from folklore.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou will learn how to: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Recognize and track patterns of potential deception\u003cbr\u003e- Read behavior without relying on body-language myths\u003cbr\u003e- Identify meaningful changes in language, emotion, timelines, and behavior\u003cbr\u003e- Determine where an account stops aligning with itself or the known facts\u003cbr\u003e- Understand the person behind the story and what motivates them\u003cbr\u003e- Identify what they may be gaining, protecting, concealing, or avoiding\u003cbr\u003e- Determine how a deceptive account may have been constructed and why\u003cbr\u003e- Use structured questioning to uncover missing and testable information\u003cbr\u003e- Identify the records, witnesses, communications, and evidence that may reveal the truth\u003cbr\u003e- Use known evidence strategically to expose contradictions and obtain admissions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of the book is the Komorek Method: a five-phase framework developed through more than twenty years of professional experience and examined against published research. It does not promise a magical ability to read minds or identify lies from a single behavior. It teaches you how to locate where potential deception may be concentrated, recognize the pattern it creates, understand its likely purpose, and determine what should be investigated next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book of tells and tricks. There are none-and anyone selling them is selling something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a book about how truth surfaces, why people hide it, and how disciplined observation, strategic questioning, and independent evidence can bring it into view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe pattern shows you where to look. The questions uncover the story. The evidence proves what happened.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverybody lies. Truth leaves a pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 598\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.21 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67935587500339,"sku":"9798224703463","price":40.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/EOERz8OUFf9798224703463.webp?v=1793921433","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/everybody-lies-the-history-science-and-practice-of-deception-detection-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}