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Liepman Literary Agency
Marc Koralnik |
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CHINA WHITE
CHINA WHITE is a smart, propulsive, female-driven crime thriller set in the underbelly of Vancouver, in which Styvie Savard, a disgraced ex-police officer, forms an unlikely alliance with Ashleigh, a pregnant teenage cult member who goes by the name of Dharma; together they expose an opioid drug ring. As an ongoing crime procedural from the perspective of a disgraced female police officer who has been kicked off the force and is living out of her car.
Styvie Savard was a damn good cop; that is, until she made a mistake that cost her everything. Now she lives in her car, works a dead-end job, and scrapes by on the fumes of a dwindling savings account. Life couldn't get much worse, until it does. One morning, Styvie hits a sixteen-year-old girl, Dharma, with her car. When the injured girl flees the scene, Styvie is determined to find her and make things right. In her pursuit, Styvie confronts Dharma's brother, Jeremy, a violent addict working as a distributor in a fentanyl drug ring, and Dharma's husband, Glen, who heads a pseudo-eastern-religious cult.
Styvie becomes obsessed with freeing the teenaged Dharma from Glen's clutches and bringing Jeremy down. In doing so, she forms a tenuous and clandestine arrangement with her ex-boyfriend, Detective Constable Dennison Lee. Going undercover reignites her love for law enforcement and polishes her rusty sleuthing skills. At first it seems possible, like she could slide right back into her old life, until Styvie develops an unshakable bond with Dharma and the lines between right and wrong blur. In the end, Styvie must make the hardest choice of all: Chase down her old badge and recoup her losses or follow her instinct and save Dharma from a future she doesn't deserve.
SARAH RICHARDS'S short stories and nonfiction have appeared in carte blanche, prism international, The Puritan, Room Magazine, Lonely Planet, and BBC.com, among others. She received an MFA from and the University of British Columbia in 2017. Now she teaches English at Langara College and volunteers as a literacy mentor in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. China White was a finalist in the 2018 HarperCollins Best New Fiction Prize.
Styvie becomes obsessed with freeing the teenaged Dharma from Glen's clutches and bringing Jeremy down. In doing so, she forms a tenuous and clandestine arrangement with her ex-boyfriend, Detective Constable Dennison Lee. Going undercover reignites her love for law enforcement and polishes her rusty sleuthing skills. At first it seems possible, like she could slide right back into her old life, until Styvie develops an unshakable bond with Dharma and the lines between right and wrong blur. In the end, Styvie must make the hardest choice of all: Chase down her old badge and recoup her losses or follow her instinct and save Dharma from a future she doesn't deserve.
SARAH RICHARDS'S short stories and nonfiction have appeared in carte blanche, prism international, The Puritan, Room Magazine, Lonely Planet, and BBC.com, among others. She received an MFA from and the University of British Columbia in 2017. Now she teaches English at Langara College and volunteers as a literacy mentor in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. China White was a finalist in the 2018 HarperCollins Best New Fiction Prize.