Spooked by Barry Meier - ISBN: 9781529365924
Paperback
Invisible spies control our world: fortunes, elections, and personal lives.

Spooked

The Secret Rise of Private Spies

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    10 May 2022

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Summary

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist’s revelatory look inside the sinister world of private spies.

A spy story like no other.

Private spies are the invisible force that shapes our modern world: they influence our elections, effect government policies and shape the fortunes of companies. More deviously, they are also peering into our personal lives as never before, using off-the shelf technology to listen to our phone calls, monitor our emails and decide what we see on …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529365924
ISBN-10:1529365929
Author:Barry Meier
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Sceptre
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:10 May 2022
Weight:240g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 24mm
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Critics Review

Meier sets out to investigate the investigations industry … a revealing read

Meier sets out to investigate the investigations industry … a revealing read – Brendan Daly * Business Post *
A gobsmacking book detailing the rise of wannabe James Bonds … an enjoyable romp through the stranger-than-fiction world of private intelligence agencies… Meier is a Pulitzer-winning former New York Times reporter, and he stirs an incredible amount of well-researched material into this book … a mad whirl of double-cross, Machiavellian machinations and, of course, money. – Darragh McManus * Irish Independent *

About The Author

Barry Meier

Barry Meier is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times investigative reporter. He’s twice won the George Polk award for Investigative Reporting. Prior to joining the New York Times in 1989, he worked for the Wall Street Journal and New York Newsday.

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