Miles Hollander works for the TSA at Chicago's O'Hare airport. He is not highly motivated, successful, or even particularly interested in his work. However, the monotony has helped him develop a specific skill for which his job is a perfect fit... petty theft.

Scanning and processing thousands of passengers a day gives Miles access and opportunity to their purses, jewelry, wallets, briefcases, computers, and baggage. When a traveling con man named Van Dalton notices Miles' talent, he offers Miles a job. Shocked and scared he could be spotted so easily, Miles flatly refuses and vows to stop stealing.

But when a chance one-night stand with a woman way out of Miles' league results in her husband on the floor of a hotel room with two bullets in his chest, Miles finds he has nowhere else to turn. Van Dalton is all too happy to help, but now Miles must work to repay his debt.

Finding himself torn between his friends, his job, and the life he wants, Miles must hustle like never before to keep himself in the clear, and out of jail.