Note: I have not reproduced the entire table of contents, which in the book takes up over 4 pages. However, this will give you a taste of what's between the covers.

• Overview - what's in this book
• Defining terms - what is a psychic reading?
• Readings categorised by type
• Readings categorised by content
• Readings categorised by context
• Readings categorised by client
• What is cold reading?
• Popular misconceptions
• Preliminary notes
• How the explanation is structured
• The Set up (7 sections)
• The Principal Themes (4 main and 3 secondary themes)
• The Elements of the reading
  • Mainly about character (7 different techniques explained)
  • Mainly about facts and events (11 different techniques explained)
  • Extracting information (8 different techniques)
  • Mainly about the future (12 different techniques)
  • Special section: Public predictions
• The Win-Win Game - how to be right when you're wrong (11 techniques)
• Presentational Points
• Cultivating feedback
• Sensory empathy
• The cream principle
• Emphasising the conditional
• Providing room for interpretation
• Forking
• Keeping it clear
• Keeping it folksy
• Sustaining pace
• Reprising with gold paint
• Summarising the reading
• Looking good for the crowd
• Putting it all together
  • The psychic toolbox
  • Almost improvising
  • Principal phases
• Coping with sceptics (4 different techniques)
• Putting the theory to the test
• Transcripts of auhtor readings under 'test' conditions
• Example 1: improvised tarot reading for Channel 4 TV
• Example 2: astrological reading for BBC TV
• Blocking techniques
• Final notes
  • instant readings
  • mnemonics
  • 'hot' reading
  • can anyone learn cold reading?
• CR techniques in non-psychic contexts
  • sales
  • romance
  • criminal interrogation