Nothing But the Truth

Introduction:What’s in a “Truth Detection” Book?

My cell phone rang one Monday afternoon. The caller introduced himself and asked if I had a moment to talk about one of my clients at the literary agency. I said, “Sure.”

“He’s a con man,” he said.

The caller was an investigative reporter. The client was someone on the verge of being offered a sizable advance by a major publishing house for his “true stories.” My cut would have paid the mortgage for quite a few months.

Do you want to know how stupid I felt? Even before I wrote this book, I supposedly knew all kind of tips and secrets about detecting deception.

After verifying what the reporter told me by doing a search on the man’s real name, which I had not known, I decided to give myself a break. ...