Manta Books brings in PI/part-time bondsman Ben Miles to track down a missing piece of comic book art, simple, right? But nothing is what it seems when it comes to a Ben Miles case, and more than likely, he’s gonna end up getting his ass kicked over a comic book.Manta Books brings in not-that-efficient PI/part-time bondsman Ben Miles to track down a missing piece of art from a legendary newspaper cartoonist, a seemingly-simple job involving newspaper cartoons and digging through boxes of paper. But nothing is what it seems when it comes to a Ben Miles case, and more than likely, he’s gonna end up getting his ass kicked over a comic book, especially when the mob gets involved.

Proofreader and researcher-for-hire Lee Kaporis put on a shirt that wasn’t his, and it sends him around looking for a girl with a nose ring that probably doesn’t want to be found. There’s more to the story than returning a piece of jewelry she may or may not have pawned though, and he might have gotten in over his head.Proofreader and researcher-for-hire Lee Kaporis put on a shirt one morning that turned out not to be his. This sends him around old friends looking for a girl with a nose ring that more likely than not has a reason to be hiding, digging up a piece of jewelry, and finding out why someone keeps calling all his clients and employers dropping his name. Every single step of this mystery screams "don't get involved," so why does Lee keep going into what is clearly a mystery that's over his head?