The White Van

A desperate cop and a wanted woman cross paths with a dirty California underworld in a thriller “stuffed with truly shocking twists.” — Entertainment Weekly At a dive bar in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, drug-hustling Emily Rosario is downing whiskey and looking to escape her dicey lifestyle. When a Russian couple approaches her with a proposition, Emily thinks she might have found her exit. But a week later—drugged, disoriented and wanted for robbery—Emily finds herself on the run for her life. Veteran cop Leo Elias has heard about the unsolved bank heist , and the stolen money is too strong a temptation. A series of bad investments has left him broke, alcoholic and anxious for a way out of debt. That means finding Emily and the money before anyone else does. It’s a plan that soon spins out of control, forcing Elias to do things that can never be undone. Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, The White Van “unfolds in a pulsating series of betrayals, blackmail, bad decisions, and worse luck . . . the stuff of Dashiell Hammett’s best nightmares” (Mark Haskell Smith, author of RAW: A Love Story )—and “a gritty, exhilarating . . . quick and scary . . . hell of a ride” ( The Wall Street Journal , Best Book of the Year pick). At a dive bar in San Francisco?s edgy Tenderloin district, drug-hustling Emily Rosario is drinking whiskey and looking for an escape from her desperate lifestyle. When she is approached by a Russian businessman, she thinks she might have found her exit. A week later?drugged, disoriented and wanted for robbery?Emily finds herself on the run for her life. When cop Leo Elias?broke, alcoholic and desperate?hears about an unsolved bank robbery, the stolen money proves too strong a temptation. Elias takes the case into his own hands, hoping to find Emily and the money before anyone else does. A sharply drawn cast of characters?dirty cops, Russian drug dealers, Chinese black-market traders, street smart Cambodians, and shady entrepreneurs?all take part in this terrifying tour through San Francisco?s underbelly. Confronted with the intimate details of characters that blur the line between good and evil, and twists that surprise until the end, readers of THE WHITE VAN will find their own moral code challenged by the desperate decisions the characters are forced to make A Drug Hustler Who Is Set Up For Robbery While Trying To Escape Her Desperate Life And An Alcoholic Cop Seeking To Claim The Money She Is Accused Of Stealing Confront Russian Drug Dealers, Chinese Black Market Traders, And Other Adversaries In San Francisco's Underworld. Patrick Hoffman.