A cast of kooky, dangerous characters worthy of Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiassen... A funny, often harrowing crime novel." - Booklist In Double Espresso, the second book in the Loretta Kovacs thriller series, Loretta races to keep one hitman from killing another. The intended victim is a valuable government witness against the mob, and a dirty FBI agent is helping the baf guys. Loretta must fend off the advances of an amorous mob boss while babysitting the cantankerous witness in Seattle - Java City - as she desperately struggles to kick her caffeine habit.