April September, a struggling mystery writer can't get a publisher. At 36, April's temporary bank job is metastasizing into a career. At 38, police academy reject Preston Tremlock has an obsession that keeps him jobless. Currently, Tremlock is "investigating" a few murders in the neighborhood and annoying the holy hell out of the police. Oh, did we mention he has a 148 IQ? The something wonderful happens. April's bank gets robbed. The bank thieves are cornered by the police and find...nothing. Just empty suitcases. The 2.5 million in cash - dissappeared. When her bank offers a quarter million-dollar reward, April September, rejected mystery writer, quits her hated job to solve a real mystery and to write a book no publisher will reject! Oh, here's the best part - April joins forces with the nutjob genius, Tremlock, unemployed again. ​ The two failures put everything on the line to reap the banks reward and to change the trajectory of their lives.