Art and Murder: A Jack Taggart Mystery

by Don Easton

Overview

Seeking justice for the murder of a fellow cop, Jack Taggart goes undercover to penetrate a gang whose leader is the culprit.

Jack Taggart is out for justice, and just a little revenge, when he goes undercover as a pimp to hunt down the murderer of a cop to whom he owes an everlasting debt of gratitude. Embroiled in a mysterious international crime syndicate, for once Taggart might be in over his head.

It seemed like a simple investigation of a drug trafficker at first, but when Taggart gets a desperate call for help from one of his informants, he falls headlong into a ruthless network of black marketeering and murder orchestrated by an elusive mastermind. After an Interpol agent is compromised and assassinated, Jack is drawn deeper into the web of crime as things get personal. Despite the constant risk of exposure, Jack is getting close, but any mistake could be fatal. As his allies fall, the only protection Jack has left is a stolen painting that might as well be a bullseye on his back.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459730717
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	10/17/2015
Series:	A Jack Taggart Mystery , #9
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Don Easton writes with insider knowledge from having worked as an undercover Mountie for twenty years. Art and Murder is Easton’s ninth Jack Taggart Mystery, following Loose Ends, Above Ground, Angel in the Full Moon, Samurai Code, Dead Ends, Birds of a Feather, Corporate Asset, and The Benefactor. He lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

Don Easton worked as an undercover Mountie for twenty years, including seven years in an RCMP Intelligence Unit. He lives in Victoria, B.C.

Editorial Reviews

09/07/2015
This is the ninth Jack Taggart mystery by Easton (The Benefactor), whose 20 years as an undercover agent with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) lend his books a gritty authenticity informed by the dark realities of his experience. This installment opens as RCMP operative Jack rescues a call girl informant from the hands of three sexual sadists. He discovers that the thugs are linked to an international crime ring led by the mysterious “Ringmaster,” but in the process, a French undercover policeman, Kerin Bastion, is murdered when he tries to warn Jack that the criminals are on to him. The story charts Jack’s extended chase over several countries to seek revenge for Kerin’s death and expose the Ringmaster’s operation. Fortunately, he has something the Ringmaster wants back: a stolen painting. This intelligent cat and mouse game pits the fearless Jack and his team against seemingly impossible odds. How does a naked agent in the wilds of southern Italy overcome six assailants? The answer, and the whole tale, will keep readers on the edge of their seats. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

Easton knows how to drive his story full of teeth-shattering toughness, chivalry, honour, drug traffic and fine art theft, and it’s a brutal pleasure seeing Jack Taggart through to the end.

National Post

The author, a veteran undercover cop, brings a high level of realism to a story that many writers would have difficulty matching. Crime-fiction readers who haven’t yet discovered the Taggart series would be well advised to plug that hole as soon as possible.

Booklist

If you love good pulp, you'll love Art and Murder.

Globe and Mail

The author, a veteran undercover cop, brings a high level of realism to a story that many writers would have difficulty matching. Crime-fiction readers who haven’t yet discovered the Taggart series would be well advised to plug that hole as soon as possible.

Booklist

If you love good pulp, you’ll love Art and Murder.

Globe & Mail