The Digital Mirage: An Introduction I saw something all too familiar on a recent journey from Sydney to Melbourne. People on the plane, such as businesspeople, students, and regular travellers, took selfies, posted updates, and shared flight information online in real time. A lot of people started deleting these posts

Introduction Each week brings another headline: a woman conned out of her savings—and her soul—by a man she thought was “the one.” In today’s world, love isn’t just risky. It’s a digital war zone. I’ve interrogated spies, traitors, and terrorists. Yet the one predator I still don’t understand? The man

Introduction I’ve interrogated war criminals. I’ve investigated organized crime members, traitors, and spies. I’ve spent sleepless nights in war zones, waiting for the enemy to reveal themselves. But there is one thing I will never understand. When a man gazes into a woman’s eyes and tells falsehoods, it’s not to

Think Before You Like Moments later, her followers were commenting things like, “You’re living the dream!” and “So authentic!” Wow. It struck me deeply: how easily we believe the curated, how eagerly we suspend doubt, and how dangerously we trust people we do not know. Imagine scrolling through your feed

Introduction I’ve looked into the eyes of people hiding secrets—terrorists, criminals, corporate liars—and learned one brutal truth: The real danger is never loud. It’s silent. Hidden. Waiting. In war, it was the moment before the ambush. In investigations, it was the gap no one saw. In interrogations, it was the