About the book: 1993 / It would seem that what could be in common between crime and such a peaceful activity as fishing for perch with a fishing rod? But it is precisely this plot in Carl Hiaasen’s novel that is replete with brutal, blood-chilling murders and criminal machinations perpetrated by mafiosi from the so-called Deep South of the United States. And Carl Hiaasen knows well the morals, customs and nature of these places. He worked for many years at a Florida newspaper, specializing in the investigation of local scandals and crimes. In the novel Double Bait, photographer and private detective R. J. Decker takes on the mystery of murders on the lakes where fishing competitions take place....