When Mary Rentoumis was offered an opportunity to join embattled banking giant Wells Fargo as the head of global third-party risk management, she heard some unexpected advice from a mentor: read Bad Blood by John Carreyrou.

The book chronicles the collapse of a one-time multi-billion-dollar biotech startup, Theranos, and the rise and demise of its ruthlessly ambitious founder and CEO, Elizabeth Holmes. It was written by the journalist credited for breaking the story of widespread fraud at the company.

Aly McDevitt is Data & Research Journalist at Compliance Week. She has a background in education and college consulting. Prior to teaching, she was an editor/author at Thomson Reuters, where she reported...