Life is never "normal" for an officer of the SIS, which is why many officers reject the idea of a family. In the months since the death of his cousin, a man closer to him than a brother, Grayson has found himself wishing more for normal and less for the solitary, sometimes heartbreaking life of an officer.
With Kipling Branson, he might have a chance.
Sherlock Holmes and Charles Augustus Howell may have died decades ago, but the hatred of the Howell family for the Holmes bloodline remains... and now plays out in a deadly game of revenge between Langdon Howell and Grayson Holmes.
What should have been a peaceful holiday for Kipling to learn to share a life turns into a life or death game of riddles... with Grayson the prize.