Dex Parios the proprietor of Stumptown Investigations has a new office & a long list of clients she can&t take on because of their involvement with crime lord Hector Marenco So when Mim Bracca walks into her life with an open-&-shut case of a missing guitar Dex is eager to get started especially when the rock star pays her up front But Dex soon discovers that it&s not just the guitar that&s gone missing & she&s not the only one looking for it About the Author Greg Rucka began his writing career in earnest at the age of 10 by winning a county-wide short-story contest & hasn’t let up since He is the author of nearly a dozen novels six featuring bodyguard Atticus Kodiak & three featuring Tara Chace the protagonist of his Queen & Country series in addition he has penned several short-stories countless comics & the occasional non-fiction essay In comics he has had the opportunity to write stories featuring some of the world’s best-known characters— Superman Batman & Wonder Woman—as well as penning several creator-owned properties himself such as Whiteout & Queen & Country both published by Oni Press Greg resides in Portland Oregon with his wife author Jennifer Van Meter & his two children Matthew Southworth is a musician playwright filmmaker & cartoonist who has living in Seattle Washington He used to lead a band called the Capillaries & they never broke up He directed an independent feature film that he very nearly finished He came this close to getting his Masters in playwriting & directing from Carnegie Mellon University In addition to Stumptown he has drawn comics for Marvel DC & Image Rico Renzi is an artist & designer from Washington DC His work has appeared in WIRED & Fast Company Magazines & various publications from DC Marvel Image Dark Horse Scholastic Boom Studios Oni Press & IDW He currently colors Spider-Gwen & The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl every month & resides in Charlotte North Carolina with his wife & daughter