Lucky Stryker's decision to skip school to go fishing takes a deadly turn when he and two friends witness the body of Louisiana's wealthiest man being dumped into the bayou.

With millions at stake, the man's wife-significantly younger than her children-has plenty of motives. The kids, with secret lives of their own, have ample reasons to benefit from Caleb Glover's death.

This Louisiana murder mystery unravels a perilous web of deceit and greed in a culture known for its crawfish and jambalaya.