Nefarious persons with a lot of money are among gadget manufacturers' most reliable customers. International supervillains prefer spacecraft, in-mountain residences, private islands, cloned minions, that sort of thing—there exist numerous independent contractors catering to their specialized tastes. For the everyday working criminal mastermind, however, Brad Graham and Mathy McGowan's book "101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius" offers an indispensible guide to modern technology.
Most of the projects in the volume, issued by McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, cost $30 or less, and none require electrical engineering wizardry to complete. Among the staples are night vision equipment, wiring oneself for undetected recording, constructing hidden camera installations, recording phone conversations, photoshopping photo evidence, and how to install keyloggers or secret remote desktop viewing software.
A sequel, More Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius, is also available. The two together can be had for $33 at Amazon.
The Original and the Sequel [Amazon via Gearlog]
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