After Fred Lancing retired from the Air Force, he took a peaceful job as janitor at New York City's top detective agency, Detective Ink. When one of the detectives hands Fred a case as a cruel joke, Fred's boredom with his job and his life gets the best of him. Denying all the dangers and problems he might find himself engaged in, Fred elects to see if he can solve the case. The entire collection of the Detective Ink interlocking stories can be found in one package. The PRIME FIVE authors include Jeff Ayers, Mimzi Schradi, Michael Hiebert, Susan Wingate, and Terry Persun.