title: Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love
author:  Wendy Ruderman 
description: *Starred Review* Benny Martinez had been a drug informant for narcotics cop Jeff Cudjik for seven years. The two men were so close in their successful snitch-and-bust enterprise that Jeff even rented a house next to Benny and his family. When they had a falling out, Benny was on the run, fearful of police and drug dealers who knew hed sold them out. Benny turned to Philadelphia Daily News reporters Ruderman and Laker, giving them the background on hundreds of busts, many based on fabricated evidence. The reporters, an odd coupleRuderman, short and pugnacious, and Laker, tall and graciousbegan a 10-month series that uncovered widespread abuse in the narcotics unit, from the systematic looting of bodegas to sexual assault by one officer. The series irritated the FBI, in the midst of its own investigation of police corruption, and angered the police and their sympathizers as drug crimes took a toll on the city. Prevailing against threats, intimidation, and the impending bankruptcy of their newspaper, Ruderman and Laker delivered a powerful series on police corruption, ultimately earning the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. This is a gritty, true-life thriller about the intersection of policing, drug dealing, and news reporting. --Vanessa Bush
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  Completed With You
  
  
  A Billionaire Bad Boy Good Girl Romance
  
  
  
  
  
  Melody Nelson
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events,
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Copyright](part0000_split_001.html#_Toc49110282)
  
  
  [Chapter One](part0000_split_003.html#_Toc49110283)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](part0000_split_004.html#_Toc49110284)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](part0000_split_005.html#_Toc49110285)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](part0000_split_006.html#_Toc49110286)
  
  
  [Chapter Five](part0000_split_007.html#_Toc49110287)
  
  
  [Epilogue](part0000_split_008.html#_Toc49110288)
  
  
  [Bonus Giveaways for you](part0000_split_009.html#_Toc49110289)
  
  
  [About the Author](part0000_split_0