The Closing Count

Eight million dollars. One frozen body. And a family empire built on a lie.

Adrian Taveras has spent his life making his family's Queens grocery empire respectable. Hours before the biggest acquisition in company history, a message from his CFO summons him to a supermarket freezer.

Inside: Daniel Sosa's frozen body, eight million dollars in cash, and the ring of Adrian's older brother, Nicolás-missing for five years and presumed dead.

By morning, security footage places Adrian at the scene, the acquisition money is gone, and every piece of evidence bears his name. With police closing in, lenders circling, and someone inside the family feeding them evidence, Adrian has one week to clear himself and discover what really happened to his brother.

But the Taverases brought more than ambition from Santiago de los Caballeros. Beneath every legitimate store lies a network built on debt, protection, and blood.

To save the empire he made respectable, Adrian must use the criminal power he has spent his life rejecting-and decide how much of himself he is willing to inherit.

Every family keeps books. The Taveras family buries them.