A man who cracks open safes as a side job, gets sucked into a deadly crime spree by a woman posing as a legitimate safe owner. This short story features Detective Bill Plait from Null Pointer, A Joshua Jones Mystery by Johnny Batch.

The man in the cubicle beside him was dead. The police say it was a heart attack, but programmer Joshua Jones knows better. A message he found in the dead man's code points to a psychotic hacker who can strike through the internet, leaving no trace. Relying on the advice from his tech savvy friends, Joshua must solve the mystery of who the killer is and how he attacks before Joshua becomes his next victim.

Someone is killing the members of Joshua's gaming clan. The primary suspect is the newest member of the group, a beautiful game designer named Jo. There's just one problem, Joshua has fallen for her. The race is on to find out which member of the clan is the serial killer before Joshua becomes the next victim.

An unsuspecting kid draws detective Plait into a dark underworld of drugs and computer crimes.