Covert Coffee

Serena Wilcox Mysteries #2

by Natalie Buske Thomas

An asset to President Ann Kinji in the past, Serena is snatched in Germany and brought back to the United States for a covert mission run by former government agents. Realizing that her participation is not entirely voluntary, she is desperate to complete the mission so that she can be reunited with her family. As the case draws her ever closer to the conspiracy to kill the president, she reaches out to the criminally insane for help, sinking deeper and deeper into a rabbit hole where the bodies are piling up and nothing is as it seems.
Fast-paced thriller with multiple plot lines, cross genre (suspense, mystery, light science fiction, dystopian)

Genres: Mystery

328 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 2012

About the author

Natalie is an oil painter, with works on display at events and exhibits.

Natalie was born in upstate New York, raised in Indiana, and lived in Germany when her husband was stationed there with the U.S. Army. After his deployment, she lived near the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Minnesota) for twenty years, then moved briefly to Ireland. She now resides in coastal Georgia.

Reviews

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

number 5 in the serena wilcox series of mildly suspenseful mystery books, and this one is set in the near future, where the USA has been ravaged by nuclear attack and almost civil war, but the states are once again reunited under president kinji, and her friend serena once again helps her with a sticky issue when she finds that she cannot trust many in her own government.

[Miki Estep · Rating 5 out of 5]

The sequel to Angels Mark is no less suspenseful than its predecessor. The twists and turns just don't seem to end and you cannot predict them. I really love this book. It ends with a twists (no spoilers!) and unanswered questions-I can't get to the next one soon enough.

[Margaret · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of the few books I couldn't finish. Got about 20% in and said ENOUGH!

[David Bergsland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good book from Natalie. I personally thought this a little confusing when compared to "Angels Mark". But Serena is a real delight.

[Tina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent story with enough character links to follow along for someone entering the story at this point. Good characters.

[Pantopicon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Serena Wilcox is close to insufferable. While I love the near future, vaguely dystopian setting -- the writing really goes off the rails in parts -- and pushes the reader away.