Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

What a wild ride. This excellent piece of investigative journalism reads like a spy thriller.

In this era where corporate greed and hubris run roughshod over real people's lives, it's immensely satisfying to read a story where this behavior results in harsh punishment and complete humiliation. It's refreshing to see disregard for patient safety in favor of profits be treated with the harshness deserved when human lives are at risk. As a bonus it's nice to see horrible people like Kissinger and Mattis tainted by their association with this fraud.

I might have to subscribe to the WSJ to read their coverage of the upcoming criminal case against Holmes and Theranos.

While the subject matter is a complex combination of chemistry, engineering, and business practices, it's written accessibly enough for a history major with no scientific or business training to understand and appreciate. But I can imagine a reader with any background in those subjects would find the book even more gripping than I did.