When a University of Florida students vanishes, police can't ignore the possibility that he disappeared into the alligator-infested swamps around Gainesville. But they discover he may have fallen prey to a deadly danger closer to home.

Abraham Shakespeare goes from rags to riches when he wins a big Florida lotto jackpot. Then he disappears, and police must determine if he was escaping the greed of friends and family, or if his newfound fortune made him a target for foul play.