“Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels” is an absorbing story of investigative journalism. Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Times recounts how a tip that arrived in the Times office in 2016 helped expose not one but two scandals at the University of Southern California.
The tip that was received was about an overdose of a young woman at the Hotel Constance involving a doctor who was the dean at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. While chasing down the tip and encountering multiple roadblocks, Pringle and his team also uncovered a scandal involving a gynecologist at the university who abused women patients for decades and was never reported.
Paul Pringle writes the story in such a way that it keeps the reader’s attention. The beginning of the book was a little confusing due to all the connections and players that needed to be included, but the story itself was easy to follow. It is also by turns astonishing and horrifying, in that so many people aided in the coverup of two different men that blatantly abused their power for so long. The story is ultimately also inspiring, due to the people that were courageous enough to come forward despite potential consequences, and also for the dedicated team of journalists that pursued the truth for years in spite of the roadblocks.
I recommend this book if you are fascinated in true crime and also in the prevailing of justice. It is as good as any fiction.
The tip that was received was about an overdose of a young woman at the Hotel Constance involving a doctor who was the dean at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. While chasing down the tip and encountering multiple roadblocks, Pringle and his team also uncovered a scandal involving a gynecologist at the university who abused women patients for decades and was never reported.
Paul Pringle writes the story in such a way that it keeps the reader’s attention. The beginning of the book was a little confusing due to all the connections and players that needed to be included, but the story itself was easy to follow. It is also by turns astonishing and horrifying, in that so many people aided in the coverup of two different men that blatantly abused their power for so long. The story is ultimately also inspiring, due to the people that were courageous enough to come forward despite potential consequences, and also for the dedicated team of journalists that pursued the truth for years in spite of the roadblocks.
I recommend this book if you are fascinated in true crime and also in the prevailing of justice. It is as good as any fiction.