His name is Ryder and he’s everything a hero should be, except he doesn’t want to be a hero.

Ryder met a girl. He fell in love. The girl had a secret and she died and Ryder's heart was broken.

Now Ryder's going to high school at a creepy old boarding school with kids who have no clue about anything beyond trust funds and designer clothes. He's bored out of his mind and counting down the days until graduation. Then the first dead body surfaces and all the days and nights of watching his workaholic homicide detective father pay off.

Now Ryder's a crime solver.

His roommate thinks crime solving's a fun hobby, and Ryder inherits a partner. The most popular girl in school who previously thought he was a geek, just asked him to the homecoming dance because apparently crime solving is also hot. Another girl offers her technology assistance to help find the killer and subsequently spends all of her free time following him around.

Ryder just wants to go to class and get this school thing over with. He doesn't want to be a crime solver and he doesn't want to make new friends and he definitely does not want to fall in love. Not ever again!

Unfortunately, Ryder has a history of things not going his way.

THE RYDER MACK CHRONICLES - Coming 2014
Artist Arthur