Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love Audiobook

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• “I admire Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker, who are not only Pulitzer Prize winning journalists but fearless and fascinating women. Busted reads like a turbocharged thriller, all the more compelling because it’s true. Pick up a copy, and you won’t be able to put it down.”

  — Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author

• “Busted is a thoroughly engaging…trip into Philadelphia’s underworld, where cops prey on those they are pledged to protect…Rich with character and incident, it’s a complete original and a love letter to newspapers in their hour of dire need.”

  — Mark Bowden, New York Times bestselling author of Black Hawk Down

• “A story that not only pounds at the door to come inside but stands as a much-needed reminder that newspapers are and always have been and, as far as I know, always will be the bedrock of the art of journalism.”

  — Pete Dexter, journalist and author of National Book Award winner Paris Trout

• “Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love is the scorching, devastating, and action-packed story of two journalists’ journey into the dark heart of a major city…Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker are true heroes…I love this book.”

  — Edna Buchanan, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and bestselling author

• “Equal parts serious journalism and sisterly sass, Busted is a personable and fast-reading ride…a shoe-leather journalistic procedural set against the ticking clock of the failing newspaper industry.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “A riveting tale of two brave reporters who love what they do and are totally committed…engaging, down to earth, and, at times, very funny.”

  — USA Today

• “Busted is a very good book about very bad people, a great read about great injustice…Busted is proof that journalism still lives, still matters.”

  — Newsweek

• “Fans of The Front Page and All the President’s Men will be transfixed by this astounding tale of police corruption.”

  — New York Post

• “The chick, noir version of All the President’s Men with a little Rocky…and a little almost anything with Rosalind Russell or Barbara Stanwyck.”

  — Washington Post

• “Busted is a welcome addition to the literature of journalism procedurals.”

  — Philadelphia Inquirer

• “[A] gritty, honest, often surprisingly funny book.”

  — Philadelphia Weekly

• “A fast-paced, well-written true crime book.”

  — Washington Times

• “Busted is a Philadelphia classic…It’s an easy, breezy read, but that’s not to say it’s insubstantial.”

  — Philadelphia magazine

• “This true crime book offers an impressive, crisply told account of the reporting of a police corruption scandal that yielded a Pulitzer Prize…The book is a tough, lively lesson in how doing the right thing, the right way, may not be enough.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Readers of true crime and students of sociology will especially enjoy this highly engaging read about the modern realities that plague many American cities.”

  — Library Journal

• “Busted reads like a gritty crime novel, but it is a paean to journalistic professionalism.”

  — Michael Smerconish, columnist, MSNBC contributor, and host of The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM

• “Busted is a taut, gritty story of drug dealers and corrupt cops written with passion, fury, and what Philadelphians refer to as attitude (pronounced ‘atty-tood’). Ruderman and Laker have a lot of that, which is why they’re two of the best reporters in the country.”

  — George Anastasia, author of The Last Gangster

• “Offers an insightful view of high-risk, high-reward investigative journalism…Ruderman and Laker provide a welcome addition to the shelves of books about the mechanics and logistics of journalistic exposés.”

  — Kirkus Reviews