Deputy Dorie Berenger knew the day would go from bad to worse when she found a stoned alligator in the town drunk’s swimming pool. Then DEA agent Richard Starke showed up in Gator Bait, Louisiana, giving out orders and insults faster than you can cast a fishing line. Dorie knew the residents of Gator Bait weren’t going to talk to a stranger, especially a Yankee, but she stuck with Richard until he caught his bad guy. With no other alternative to restore peace to the small town, Dorie agreed to help Richard catch a criminal and, in the process, uncovered decades of secrets that had been hiding deep in the Louisiana bayou.