Shark Bait is the third novel of the three-part Nick Giordano murder/mystery series. On an early morning run through the streets of downtown Charleston, Nick's is good friend, Allen Miller, discovered a dead body in a park. Lives hang in the balance, as his discovery pulls Nick and his friends into the dark and dangerous world of the Russian mafia. Russian mafia boss, Dimitri Pavlov, and his enforcer, Viktor Dudko, have created an elaborated drug and human trafficking smuggling operation using Charleston's Port Authority terminals.