Investigative reporter Chip Jacobs goes deep into some of his most compelling journalism pieces of the last three decades with his signature spotlight on strange corruption, seedy individuals, megalomaniacs, bright ideas, and transgressive game-changers. Featuring in-depth and expanded stories previously published in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and others, The Vicodin Thieves is an instant classic of crime, politics, and socio-analysis.

Chip Jacobs is the author three previous books, The Ascension of Jerry; Smogtown; and Wheeling the Deal. His reporting has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Daily News, CNN, among other outlets. He lives in Los Angeles.