The third great tragedy of Gideon Green’s life: He doesn’t live in a film noir. The second: Being stuck in high school for 498 more days. The first? Don’t worry about it. It’s not important. Gideon’s short-lived run as a locally-famous boy detective ended when middle school started, and everyone else—including his best friend, Lily—moved on while Gideon kept holding on to his trench coat, fedora, and his treasured film noir collection. Now he’s sixteen and officially retired. That is, until Lily shows up suddenly at Gideon’s door, just like in all his old detective movies. As a cover, Gideon joins Lily on the school paper. Surprisingly, he finds himself warming up to the welcoming, close-knit staff...especially Tess, the cute, witty editor in chief.