The Best New Corruption Books To Read In 2025

The former Mayor of Lynn Haven, Florida's story of the devastation of Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 storm which made landfall in the Florida Panhandle region of the Gulf Coast, October 10, 2018, and the corrupt political machine of "good old boys" who saw her as a political threat, a rising star. After President Donald Trump walked with Mayor Margo Anderson through the streets of her hometown, bringing national media attention, she was investigated for crimes she did not commit, federally indicted by U.S. Attorney Larry Keefe, and suspended from office by Ron DeSantis, the Governor of Florida.

Mayor Anderson made state and national headlines as she was falsely accused of stealing five million dollars in FEMA funding, when in reality she was the whistleblower who discovered the fraud and went to local law enforcement for help. This is her story of injustice, the destruction of her life by Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford and the corrupt investigators of the Bay County Florida Sheriff's office, the proven false evidence presented to the grand jury by both the FBI and an assistant U.S. attorney of the Northern District of Florida, her determination to prove her innocence, the attorneys who believed in her innocence, and her unwavering Catholic faith that gave her hope to walk through fire and come out on the other side.

Corruption in India today is pervasive, omnipresent, and diverse, covering every branch of the Indian state and key sectors of the economy. Far from declining and fading away, as predicted, with deregulation and liberalization, it has increased exponentially in the twenty-first century at all levels?central, state, and local. It can be seen today as a normal, not a pathological, condition within the political economy.

In several states, corruption involving politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen, and in some cases, criminal elements has graduated to a new qualitative stage, transforming itself into a well-oiled, rule- and rate-bound and self-propelled system of collecting and sharing the illicit spoils of office. In this seminal book, N. Ram, who led the investigation into the Bofors grand corruption scandal, attempts to get a measure of ?political corruption? in contemporary India, and explains why it has become an intractable problem.

In the electric blaze of Sin City, an investigatory scribe meets his end on the eve of electoral tumult, entwining fates in a web spun of greed and falsehoods. A sprawling tapestry of lives ensnare an unwitting public servant, a savvy financier on foreign shores, and characters draped in the dusk of Vegas' decadence. As the merciless sun scorches the Nevada sands, reckonings loom for those ensnared, from luxurious suites to squalid cells, while unseen puppeteers pull strings in a gamble for high stakes justice.

This tale of twisted destinies and clandestine mafias unravels a saga where the prize is survival and the pen is mightier than the sword, yet just as double-edged. Andreea Porcelli is a prolific author in the genres of Biography & Autobiography and Criminals & Outlaws. With a unique perspective and captivating storytelling, she delves into the lives of notorious individuals.