Born in a brothel during the early nineteen hundreds, Little Margaret managed to escape a life of prostitution. Unfortunately when she reached adulthood, the young woman struggled to maintain her sanity when an alternate personality of being a beautiful princess started to emerge. While also in danger of being killed for possessing valuables that originally belonged to one of the most powerful gangsters in Chicago, she was fortunate to have a boyfriend to lean on during her darkest of moments. Gilbert Temple, an actor for a fledgling film company in nineteen twenty-eight, accepted and loved...

Formerly a successful detective for the Hannibal Police Department, Banter Wonderful's career was abruptly cut short when his ex-partner Sheila Sutton lost her life in the line of duty. Convinced that Banter was somehow indirectly responsible for her demise, the authorities swiftly relieved him of his position and badge. Now working in the private sector, Banter accepted any case imaginable just to keep the doors to the Wonderful Detective Agency open, if only for another day. Still, when a potential client contacted Banter for professional assistance, it would have served the detective well...