Beyond the Bureau of Lost Socks; Reggie Wiffle's War on Grammar, Ghosts, and General Order

Detective Reggie Wiffle isn't your average sleuth. Armed with wild theories, a disturbingly large magnifying glass, and the kind of confidence only true incompetence can generate, Reggie stumbles headfirst into the most baffling case of his accidental career: a wave of absurd, seemingly impossible thefts – starting with a grandmother's prized thimble collection and escalating to topiary dodos, haunted mannequins, and eventually an entire bronze bell. But behind these increasingly ridiculous vanishing acts is something – or someone – otherworldly. Silas Blackwood, a ghost with a taste for fine craftsmanship and finer chaos, has made Reggie his personal source of amusement. With a flair for the theatrical and a collection of stolen oddities floating in his ghostly dimension, Silas finds joy in baffling Reggie at every turn. Unfortunately for Silas, Reggie's obliviousness might be the one thing that finally breaks the afterlife's calm. As Reggie ropes in the eccentric Professor Quibble, develops ghost-hunting gear from kitchen colanders, and interrogates pugs and garden gnomes alike, he starts to piece together the truth — in the most backward, hilarious way imaginable. Will Reggie crack the case? Will Chief Thompson finally suffer a total breakdown? And will Silas regret ever crossing over into Reggie's reality? Prepare for mystery, mayhem, and more metaphysical misunderstandings than you can shake a ghostly duster at.