Every Man a Menace

The author of The White Van delivers "everything you could want in a thriller--lightning pace, dead-on dialogue, and a twisting, high-torque plot" (Award-winning author Carl Hiaasen). Patrick Hoffman burst onto the crime fiction scene with The White Van, a bank heist thriller set on the back streets of San Francisco and a finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award. Now he returns with his second novel, Every Man a Menace, the inside story of a ruthless ecstasy-smuggling ring. San Francisco is about to receive the biggest delivery of MDMA to hit the West Coast in years. Raymond Gaspar, just out of prison, is sent to the city to check in on the increasingly erratic dealer expected to take care of distribution. In Miami, the man responsible for getting the drugs across the Pacific has just met the girl of his dreams--a woman who can't seem to keep her story straight. And thousands of miles away in Bangkok, someone farther up the supply chain is about to make a phone call that will put all their lives at risk. Stretching from the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia to the Golden Gate of San Francisco, Every Man a Menace offers "a mind-bending, attention-demanding narrative as full of shocks and surprises as an LSD party" (The Wall Street Journal).

About the Author :
Patrick Hoffman is a writer and private investigator based in Brooklyn. His first novel, The White Van, was a finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award and was named a Wall Street Journal best book of the year. He was born in San Francisco and worked there as an investigator, both privately and at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office.

Review :
Praise for "The White Van" "[An] exhilarating crime debut . . . Hoffman gives his story a stunner of a twist, where roles are reversed, lies become truths, and it all gives way to the most perfect hustle of all . . . Hoffman's crime plot doesn't just thicken, it boils with surprise after surprise and suspense as tight as a noose . . . He cinematically captures a seamy San Francisco . . . the hard-boiled prose glints like a broken mirror . . . wildly satisfying.""San Francisco Chronicle" "Gritty, exhilarating . . . " The White Van," with its quick and scary turns, provides a hell of a ride; the action never stopseven after the final page.""Wall Street Journal" Edgy and suspenseful. Buzzfeed, The 22 Most Exciting Literary Debuts of 2014 "A seedy bar, a woman on the prowl, a man in a suit. The opening scene of Patrick Hoffman s superb first novel, "The White Van" could be an Edward Hopper painting, all shadow and stillness . . . the unadorned elegance and irresistible vitality of Hoffman s writing freshen even this familiar chase . . . Accelerating to a just-right conclusion, "The White Van" vibrates with cop and street dialogue reminiscent of Elmore Leonard in his prime."Barnes & Noble Review My favourite debut of 2015 so far is Patrick Hoffman's "The White Van" . . . Almost perfect in the way it oscillates between black comedy and high suspense. "The White Van" is a caperish delight, channelling Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake to exhilarating and unexpected effect. "Guardian" (UK) "Outstanding . . . Hoffman writes with great authority.""Publishers Weekly" (starred review) "Hoffman transforms San Francisco into a noir playground for all sorts of shady charactersthe kind that can only come from the mind of a writer who really gets people, their secrets and the lengths to which they'll go when they have no good choices.""BookPage" "A crackling thriller . . . Keep your eye on Patrick Hoffmanhe's got the right stuff."James Carlos Blake, author of "In the Rogue Blood" and "The House of Wolfe" "[A] rocket-paced San Francisco thriller . . . Patrick Hoffman has written an absolutely spellbinding novel."Michael Kardos, author of "Before He Finds Her" ""The White Van" will grip you from the first page and leave you looking over your shoulder for weeks. Patrick Hoffman is nothing less than an emerging master of the crime genre. Whatever he writes, I ll read."Jordan Bass, executive editor, "McSweeney s" "A wild ride into the black heart of classic noir that unfolds in a pulsating series of betrayals, black mail, bad decisions, and worse luck; this is the stuff of Dashiell Hammett's best nightmares."Mark Haskell Smith, author of "RAW: A Love Story" My favorite debut of 2014 . . . Hoffman delivers a relentless, gritty thriller with a cast of characters way out of their depth. MysteryPeople"