Retired homocite detective Jack Barrett just wants a quiet place to live, to write his mystery novels. In his cabin at Indian Lake, Ohio, he thinks he's found the perfect place. But he just keeps being pulled back in! Whether it's alien presidential election interference, or a contract killer hunting serial killers, or a supposed long-dead senator showing up looking for help, Jack will take the case. These mysteries inevitably lead to deadly enemies threatening him and those he cares about. But what these enemies don't know, Jack himself is a stone-cold killer...