The White Van

ISBN: 0802124208

Author: Hoffman, Patrick

Condition: New

At a dive bar in San Franciscos 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 laterdrugged, disoriented and wanted for robberyEmily finds herself on the run for her life.When cop Leo Eliasbroke, alcoholic and desperatehears 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 charactersdirty cops, Russian drug dealers, Chinese black-market traders, street smart Cambodians, and shady entrepreneursall take part in this unflinching tour through San Franciscos underbelly. Hoffman writes with unstoppable momentum and produces twists that will surprise until the end.