Book Review: Big profits in the global spying game

"The central thesis of Meier’s book is that the privatisation of spying has created a secret $2.5 billion industry which has had far-reaching effects upon all of our lives"

A copy of the local Chinese magazine ‘Global People’ with a cover story that translates to “Why did Trump win?” is seen with a front cover portrait of US president-elect Donald Trump at a news stand in Shanghai on November 14, 2016 ... the answer must be: Because of Russian interference. Picture: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

• Spooked: The Secret Rise of Private Spies
• Barry Meier
• Sceptre, hb €23.50