The Code of Monte Christo Joanna Best is a brilliant homicide cop and a damn good criminal. She clashes with senior police and dangerous villains. But Jo isn't a criminal by choice. The only way to fix a family crisis is to break the law, and as she consorts with crims, she tries to solve a double homicide where her colleagues may have arrested the wrong guy. Juggling two jobs is deadly as her partner in crime and her Homicide boss both plan to knife her. So when a maniac tortures her family, Jo panics. Can she find a double homicide murderer? Is her career over? Will a loved family member be killed? And what on Earth is the Code of Monte Christo?