Information from Ultimate Spy will help you write one heck of a thriller, crime or mystery novel. With introductions written by former director of the CIA, Richard Helms and his former adversary, Markus Wolf, past head of the East German Foreign Intelligence Service, Ultimate Spy includes information on visual surveillance, cameras, listening devices, surreptitious entry, lockpicks, sabotage, ciphers, microdots, dead drops, special issue and concealed weapons, crossbows, darts, and training, recruitment, spy networks.

'I and many members of the former East German Foreign Intelligence Service, the HVA, were surprised to discover a book (Ultimate Spy) that included elegant photographs of spy equipment from Keith Melton's unique collection, and accurate descriptions of clandestine techniques that we had spent our careers keeping secret from Western intelligence agencies.' -Markus Wolf, former Head of the East German Foreign Intelligence Service, the HVA

Author Keith Melton is recognized as the preeminent private collector and authority in the field of spy gear and knowledge. His concise entries and over 700 illustrations, including specially commissioned color photographs, provide a thorough view of the past and present covert world and include many espionage devices that have never before been seen by the West.

Isn't it time for you-and your characters-to sneak into the secret world of espionage? This is a book you won't be able to put down!