THE CHEMIST'S CODE
Dark Justice: A South African Crime Series — Book 10 of 24

A reclusive pharmaceutical chemist is found dead in his suburban lab outside Stellenbosch — an apparent suicide staged with precision. But something doesn't add up: a missing notebook, encrypted files wiped clean, and a single word scratched into the steel table beneath his body — "REVOKED."

Detectives Thandi Mokoena and Adam Barnard are sent to assist local SAPS after the case stalls. What begins as a quiet investigation into a possible whistleblower quickly escalates into a corporate sabotage trail, linking a billion-rand biotech firm to a series of mysterious clinical deaths across rural hospitals.

As the detectives decode the chemist's hidden archive — formulas, internal memos, and video confessionals — they uncover a secret protocol buried within the company's patents. One that was never meant to reach production. One The Circle helped fund in exchange for silence.

But the deeper they go, the more dangerous it becomes. Hackers vanish. Lab assistants go missing. And the closer they get to exposing the truth, the more it seems like everyone around them has already chosen a side.

The Chemist's Code is a slow-burn thriller of medical ethics, corruption, and engineered compliance — where every formula has a margin of sacrifice, and the numbers don't always include names.

He left behind a formula — and a warning. One might save lives. The other might end them.