When Marie Waite―wife of a rumrunner and mother of two little ones―notices discrepancies in cargo, she insists on accompanying her husband, Charlie, on a run from their home in Miami to Nassau. She becomes enthralled by Cleo Lythgoe, “The Bahama Queen,” who announces her retirement and warns about a “new man in the government” who seems to know where they are before they get there. But Marie knows an opportunity when she sees it, and she wants the crown for herself so badly she can taste it. So begins Marie’s plan to rise as rumrunner royalty long enough to get her family in the black. On the other side of the law, Elizebeth is the only codebreaker battling scores of smugglers. Once the work becomes personal, and she discovers Marie as a premier adversary, Elizebeth’s desire to catch the woman becomes almost obsessive...