Sting is a story of murder, mayhem and love that takes place in a rural town in the Florida panhandle. It involves a conflict with a local sheriff and three young lawbreakers. When the governor sends a beautiful Cuban-American agent from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to assist in the investigation of a murder, it creates another conflict between the somewhat inept sheriff and the agent. The sheriff is also tormented when he faced with a more experienced and better- educated candidate in an upcoming election. As the story proceeds, additional murders occur, capped off by the presence of a serial killer in the area. A private investigator known as the "King of Stings" joins forces with The FDLA agent who use creative methods or "stings" to bring the criminals to justice. Intertwined throughout the story is a love story that develops between the gorgeous FDLA agent and one of the other characters.