Sal Bianchi has spent his entire life by the coast. His grandmother used to joke that he’d taken his first steps on the sand and that he’d probably take his last steps there, too. Frankly, Sal wouldn’t have it any other way..
For many, Apalachicola is a failed tourist town on Florida's Forgotten Coast, but for Police Chief Randall Cole, it's home. So when he gets a call from a concerned shop owner that the town's hoarder and conspiracy theorist hasn't been around for a couple of days, he takes it seriously. When Cole finds the poor man dead under a pile of his own hoard, it looks like an unfortunate accident, but for him, there's more to the story ...