Chapters 1-3 Summary

Candy LaChaise is a woman on a mission but does not realize that she is the subject of police surveillance in Minneapolis, as she steals the car keys of a clerk who has just arrived for work. In the parking lot, she steals the employee's white van and meets up with her sister-in-law Georgie and another accomplice, Duane. The goal is a credit union heist, a crime she has committed before, quite successfully. Leaving Duane at the wheel, Candy and Ginger don nylon masks, enter with guns, and complete the robbery, Candy shooting one customer in the face. As they leave, several cops wait in ambush. During the shootout, Candy, Ginger and Duane are all killed.

Rose Marie Roux, the Minneapolis police chief, is concerned about potential media fallout. The incident looks like a setup, and perhaps the crooks could have...