Spyglass is a young, up and coming detective in the Manehatten City Police Department, and a highly capable investigator. However, a series of robberies that shakes the foundations of the city ruins the reputation of the police force, and he faces the consequences as a scapegoat. Trying to leave it all behind, he goes as far away from his old life as he can, taking some poor habits along the way to combat his spiralling depression. Months later, forced to take over the reins of the search as a private eye. Reluctantly trying to solve the mystery with the help from an over-enthusiastic partner and the eccentric and enigmatic residents of Ponyville, he has to fight the problems of his old life, and overcome the sense of failure he brought from his days in the MCPD, to catch the most confusing mystery Equestria has ever faced.