| Introduction: The Process and the Power | p. 1 |
| What's in This Book and How to Use It | p. 2 |
| Signs of Deception | |
| Body Language | p. 12 |
| The Language of the Eyes | |
| The Body Never Lies | |
| The Unconscious Cover-up | |
| The Partial Shrug | |
| Emotional States: Consistency and Contradiction | p. 17 |
| Timing Is Everything | |
| Contradiction and Consistency | |
| The Emotion Commotion | |
| The Expression Zone | |
| Interpersonal Interactions | p. 21 |
| The Head Shift | |
| The Posture of a Liar | |
| If She's Headed for the Door ... | |
| If He's Not Touchin', He's Probably Bluffin' | |
| The Finger That Never Points | |
| Roadblocks, Barriers, and Obstacles | |
| What is Said: Actual Verbal Content | p. 26 |
| Using Your Words to Make His Point | |
| The More He Tries, the More You Should Worry | |
| The Good Old Freudian Slip | |
| I'm Above That Sort of Thing | |
| Silence Is Gold-Plated | |
| An Implied Answer Is No Answer | |
| How Something is Said | p. 33 |
| Speedy Gonzales | |
| Compensation | |
| Emphasis Makes the Meaning | |
| The Mumbler | |
| Questions and Statements Shouldn't Sound Alike | |
| Psychological Profile | p. 39 |
| He's Got Cheating on His Mind | |
| The Single Guy | |
| Another Dimension in Lying | |
| Everything Went Perfectly! | |
| Is There Anything You Would Like to Know? | |
| General Indications of Deceit | p. 45 |
| Whew, I'm Sure Glad That's Over | |
| How Dare You Accuse Me? | |
| Never Believe Anyone Who Says This | |
| I've Got My Answer Down Pat | |
| Can You Repeat the Question, Please? | |
| Sleight of Mouth | |
| Tricky Dicky | |
| Don't Be Ridiculous | |
| We're Out of Stock | |
| The Number Zone | |
| Nervous Nellie | |
| Oh So Clever | |
| The Moral Assumption | |
| Oh, by the Way | |
| Lots of Lies | |
| Wild, Wild, Wild | |
| Becoming a Human Lie Detector | |
| Three Attack-Sequence Primers | p. 67 |
| Don't Accuse--Allude | p. 68 |
| Similar Scenario | p. 70 |
| It's Amazing, Isn't It? | p. 71 |
| Eleven Attack Sequences | p. 73 |
| Direct Questioning | p. 73 |
| Lead and Confine | p. 79 |
| Time Line Distortion | p. 80 |
| Direct Assumption/Shot in the Dark | p. 83 |
| Who, Me? | p. 85 |
| Outrageous Accusations | p. 88 |
| Is There a Reason? | p. 89 |
| Third-Party Confirmation | p. 91 |
| The Chain Reaction | p. 92 |
| The Missing Link | p. 94 |
| Condemn or Concern | p. 95 |
| Eleven Silver Bullets: How to Get the Truth without Beating it out of Them | p. 98 |
| If You Think That's Bad, Wait Until You Hear This! | p. 102 |
| It Was an Accident. Really! | p. 102 |
| The Boomerang | p. 103 |
| Truth or Consequences | p. 105 |
| Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace | p. 106 |
| Reverse Course | p. 108 |
| I Hate to Do This, But You Leave Me No Choice | p. 109 |
| I Guess You're Not Allowed | p. 110 |
| Higher Authority | p. 111 |
| The Great Unknown | p. 113 |
| I Couldn't Care Less | p. 115 |
| Tactics for Detecting Deceit and Cathering Information in Casual Conversations | |
| General Conversations | p. 119 |
| Special Occasions | p. 122 |
| Directing the Conversation | p. 138 |
| Getting Specific | p. 142 |
| Let the Truth Be Told | p. 143 |
| Taking Control | p. 145 |
| Mind Games | |
| A Strong Defense | p. 149 |
| Know Thy Enemy | p. 152 |
| Advanced Techniques | |
| Embedded Commands | p. 157 |
| 4-3-2-1 | p. 158 |
| Unconscious Creations | p. 160 |
| Disassociation | p. 161 |
| Eye-Accessing Cues | p. 162 |
| Anchoring the Truth | p. 163 |
| Heaven and Hell | p. 165 |
| The Bridge | p. 165 |
| Advanced Conversation Stoppers: Trance Phrases | p. 167 |
| See for Yourself | p. 168 |
| Psychology on Your Side | |
| Ten Commandments of Human Behavior | p. 173 |
| Internal Truth Blockers: We Lie Loudest When We Lie to Ourselves | |
| Self-Deception | p. 183 |
| Opinions, Attitudes, and Beliefs | p. 184 |
| Don't Let Your Emotions Get the Better of You | p. 185 |
| External Truth Blockers: Tricks of the Trade | |
| Wow! You're Just Like Me | p. 192 |
| Beware the Stranger Bearing Gifts | p. 194 |
| It's Half Price! But Half of What? | p. 195 |
| Just Do This One Little Thing for Me? | p. 196 |
| The Bandwagon Effect | p. 198 |
| A White Lab Coat Doesn't Make Anyone an Expert | p. 199 |
| Rare Doesn't Always Mean Valuable | p. 200 |
| A Color Pie Chart Doesn't Make It True | p. 200 |
| I'm on Your Side | p. 201 |
| Look at What You're Getting, Not What You're Promised | p. 202 |
| Well, Can You at Least Do This? | p. 203 |
| I'll Show You | p. 204 |
| Conclusion | p. 205 |
| Additional Information | p. 207 |
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