A woman struggling to establish her identity finds refusing to be intimidated by a ruffian much more complicated and deadly than she can imagine. The Bait Man, DL Havlin’s latest mystery/suspense novel relates the story of Chessie, a young woman looking for a life “do over.” When she takes a part-time job on a fishing boat she’s forced to deal with The Bait Man, the slimy character who delivers bait and chum. Standing her ground makes him an enemy. Suspicions goad Chessie to  snoop into The Bait Man’s activities. She finds she is peeking into a window of a much larger, powerfully protected, and sinister criminal enterprise, one that may end up killing her.