Jennings Kavenaugh, a thirty-year-old bachelor who likes flashy suits and shoes, is a pit boss at the Royal Flush Casino in Detroit. It has taken him thirteen years to make the climb up the casino ladder to his current role of accounting for the winners and losers. But Jennings has just one problem-he hates gamblers who cannot stop gambling.

Jennings has a reason for all his hatred for addicted gamblers: his father committed suicide over his own gambling debts. Years later, Jennings is still haunted by the memories, and now all of his efforts to rebuild his life are about to disintegrate. When a casino guest leaves her young children at home alone while she visits the casino to try her luck, Jennings snaps. Enraged at her selfish act, he makes an impulsive decision that changes his life forever.

In a thriller that takes twists and turns through the unpredictable world of risk, high stakes, and compulsion, a serial killer is unleashed and will not stop until his mission is complete.