Amanda Pimbottom is a single, klutzy schoolteacher with a quiet, boring life. She goes on a Caribbean cruise during winter break hoping to liven things up a bit. Suddenly, she is mugged, pursued by members of a cartel, protected by a handsome DEA agent and presented with an enigma. As she tries to solve it her life becomes increasingly more harrowing, dangerous and amusing as she crashes, and bangs her way through the cruise.