The Family Code
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They thought the past was buried. But some codes never die.
In the underbelly of Chicago, the Moretti crime family is under siege. Three men-each with ties to the family and each marked with a cryptic message: CODE 606. As bodies drop and fear rises, enforcer Luca Moretti and his best friend Nico realize this isn't a turf war. It's a message.
Detective Ava North has spent years trying to bring the Morettis down. But when the murders begin pointing to a secret buried deep in her own past-and a forgotten mission in Afghanistan-she must decide who the real enemy is... and how far she's willing to go to expose the truth.
With a killer pulling strings from the shadows, Ava, Luca, and Nico must navigate a deadly web of loyalty, betrayal, and unfinished war.
Because some sins don't stay in the desert.
And CODE 606 was never meant to be reopened.
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