Reporter Mark Manning searches for a killer and stumbles upon a stunning conspiracy Chicago Journal reporter Mark Manning has been called in to replace a colleague on a big story. Famed Swiss astrophysicist Pavo Zarnik has just stunned the science world with his announcement that he's discovered a tenth planet in our solar system. Manning is skeptical of Zarnik's claims and believes he's a fraud. His suspicions grow when his fellow reporter-award-winning...

Journalist Mark Manning delves into the bizarre world of miniatures . . . and finds a king-sized case of murder Front-page news in the quiet town of Dumont, Wisconsin, where former Chicago reporter Mark Manning runs the town's Daily Register, involves the annual exhibition of the Midwest Miniatures Society and new zoning laws for an adult bookstore. But murder becomes the headline when "King of Miniatures" Carrol Cantrell, the nation's foremost expert,...

Mark Manning investigates a suspicious death that occurs at the wedding reception of his best friend, attorney Roxanne Exner and Carl Creighton, the Democratic candidate for governor of Illinois.