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
zlib_text: Dirty Intentions
  
  By Aubrey Bondurant
  
    
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and
  incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a
  fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or
  actual events is purely coincidental.
  
  This book is for mature audiences only.
  
  ISBN: 978-1726784368
  
  Cover by: Rebecca @The Final Wrap
  
  Text copyright © 2017 by Aubrey Bondurant
  
    
  
  **TABLE OF CONTENTS**
  
  CHAPTER ONE
  
  CHAPTER TWO
  
  CHAPTER THREE
  
  CHAPTER FOUR
  
  CHAPTER FIVE
  
  CHAPTER SIX
  
  CHAPTER SEVEN
  
  CHAPTER EIGHT
  
  CHAPTER NINE
  
  CHAPTER TEN
  
  CHAPTER ELEVEN
  
  CHAPTER TWELVE
  
  CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  
  CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  
  CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  
  CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  
  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  
  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  
  CHAPTER NINETEEN
  
  CHAPTER TWENTY
  
  CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
  
  CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
  
  CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
  
  EPILOGUE
  
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  CHAPTER ONE
  
  CHAPTER TWO
  
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  CHAPTER ONE
  
   **Daniella**
  
  I took a deep breath and smoothed down my wig, thinking