The second novel to Diamonds and Deception. Watson’s long-awaited trial should have been the team’s victory lap—until the unthinkable happens. In the middle of a high-profile courtroom battle, lead prosecutor Eleanor Vance collapses and dies under suspicious circumstances. With their only chance to uncover new intel on James Aubrey—Reeves’ ex-partner turned elusive criminal mastermind—gone, the case takes a deadly turn. Vance’s cryptic notes hint at something bigger: a hidden pattern she called The Prosecutor’s Code, a puzzle only she could solve. Now it’s the team’s only lead… and Aubrey will do anything to keep it buried. Carter Reeves, Agent Matthew Snider, Lora Evans, Xavier Robertson, Harold, Olive, and Agent Jules race against time, dodging false leads and double agents as Aubrey manipulates allies into enemies. He’s absorbed everything Watson once knew, becoming a near-impossible opponent who always seems one move ahead. With trust in short supply and danger closing in, the team must crack Vance’s code before Aubrey rewrites the rules—and their fates—forever.