All Accounted For

A luxury cruise ship. A shipping conglomerate whose books don’t add up. Someone is moving cargo that doesn’t exist through ports that do.

The team is back to what they do best: sealed environment, confined suspects, a ticking clock. The case is satisfying on its own terms.

But late at night, in the shipping manifests, James finds a name he recognises.

He writes it down. He does not mention it.

“I inherited her system. I maintained it. I believed in what it could become.”