Don Easton

Tenth book in the acclaimed Jack Taggart Mystery series In a nod to the past, A Delicate Matter brings back a longtime Taggart nemesis, Damien Zabat, who has been featured in several of the previous books, but most prominently in the debut title, Loose Ends With the eventual death of Zabat, Don Easton introduces Purvis Eaves, the new gang leader who makes Damien look like Mister Rogers, and sets up a brand-new master villain for Taggart to butt heads with Author is a retired RCMP undercover...

2008 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize – Longlisted Jack’s life and career are on the line in a gritty return to the dark Vancouver underworld of Loose Ends . RCMP detective Jack Taggart has avenged the murders of his niece and nephew, but the consequences linger. His deal with Damien, leader of the «Satans Wrath» motorcycle gang, has put him in a bind and jeopardized an informant in the gang. Meanwhile, other gang members led by a mysterious figure known only as «The Boss» have been...

Book 12 in the long-running Jack Taggart Mystery series that has sold nearly 8,000 copies Taggart infiltrates a gun-smuggling ring, trying to stem the tide of illegal firearms and avenge a fellow officer «Easton knows how to drive his story full of teeth-shattering toughness … and it’s a brutal pleasure seeing Jack Taggart through to the end.» – National Post , for Art and Murder Delves into a world of violent survivalists living off the grid Author is a retired RCMP officer who worked...

In this gut-wrenching sequel to Loose Ends and Above Ground , Jack Taggart’s quest for justice takes him from the beaches of Cuba to the ghettos of Hanoi. Jack Taggart is an undercover Mountie whose quest for justice takes him from the sunny, tourist-laden beaches of Cuba to the ghettos of Hanoi. His targets deal in human flesh, smuggling unwitting victims for the sex trade. In a story fraught with raw emotion, Jack finds his partner accusing him of carrying out a personal vendetta, until he...

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...

Undercover detective Jack Taggart infiltrates a Mexican drug cartel while investigating the disappearance of a young Canadian woman. Lily Rae is on holiday in El Paso, Texas, when she’s kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel. El Paso borders on one of the most dangerous places in the world: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a city in the grip of a drug war. Going undercover to investigate her disappearance, detective Jack Taggart manages to penetrate the organization after discovering a Canadian link to the...

In his seventh appearance, undercover agent Jack Taggart is forced to play a risky game, making a deal with one devil to bring down another. Corporate Asset takes undercover operative Jack Taggart into the world of white-collar crime and murder. Insurance companies are being bilked out of millions of dollars. Multiple murders take place right under the cops’ noses but being written off as accidental. Taggart gets a whiff of what is going on when he captures a drug trafficker willing to expose...

Undercover operative Jack Taggart is hurled into a world where morality, justice, and the legal system are pitted against one another. Taggart investigates the murder of someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wiretap information identifies a shadowy gang member known only as “Cocktail” as being responsible. Taggart and his partner go undercover to join one of a coalition of gangs who are at war in British Columbia. Their mission is to identify Cocktail and gain evidence to...

Now available in one bundle for the first time, the first seven books of the Jack Taggart Mystery series are gathered together, including the latest mystery, <i>Corporate Asset</i>.<br> <br> "Ripped from the headlines … Easton, an ex-Mountie, knows his police work." – <i>Globe and Mail</i><br> <br> "One of the best hard-nosed series in Canada." – <i>Hamilton Spectator</i><br> <br> "Swift action, sudden...

Now available in one bundle for the first time, the first eight books of the Jack Taggart Mystery series are gathered together, including the latest mystery, <i>The Benefactor</i>. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> «Ripped from the headlines … Easton, an ex-Mountie, knows his police work.» – <i>Globe and Mail</i> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> «One of the best hard-nosed series in Canada.» – <i>Hamilton Spectator</i> <br/>...

All nine books of the Jack Taggart Mystery series are gathered together in this bundle, including the latest mystery, Art and Murder . “Ripped from the headlines … Easton, an ex-Mountie, knows his police work.” – Globe and Mail “One of the best hard-nosed series in Canada.” – Hamilton Spectator “Swift action, sudden violence and compassion told in a style that keeps you turning the pages. Easton is a writer at the top of his game.” – Hamilton Spectator “Filled with moments of sheer...

Jack Taggart, an undercover Mountie, lives in a world where the good guys and the bad guys change places in a heartbeat. Taggart is very good at what he does. Too good to be playing by the rules, so the brass assign a new partner to spy on him. <br/> <br/> Taggart’s new partner discovers a society dependent upon unwritten rules. To break these rules is to lose respect, and to lose respect is to lose one’s life. <i>Loose Ends</i> is is a tale of violence, corruption, and...

After a cheap handgun sets Jack on the trail of a heroin importer, he winds up in the lair of one of the largest Yakuza crime families, caught in a deadly clash of criminal cultures. This intriguing, suspense-packed novel is the fourth in the Jack Taggart Mystery series, continuing the story of Loose Ends , Above Ground , and Angel in the Full Moon . This time, the implacable Mountie Jack Taggart goes undercover to follow the trail of a cheap “Saturday-night special” handgun found at the...

Eleventh book in the acclaimed Jack Taggart Mystery series Taggart&apos;s family’s lives are threatened by the Satans Wrath Motorcycle Gang Taggart ignores his superior’s orders to exact vengeance on the gang Author is a retired RCMP undercover agent with an insider’s knowledge of how the force works Gritty style and real-world details culled from a career in undercover operations Series has already built a substantial fan base Series is set in Vancouver Series is currently optioned for film and...

While investigating a murder, RCMP undercover operative Jack Taggart finds himself in too deep when he tangles with an Asian organized crime syndicate and a rogue Chinese intelligence officer. When a seventy-five-year-old woman is killed in an apparently random car accident, it looks like a simple hit-and-run – until the car is linked to an Asian organized crime syndicate. Undercover operative Jack Taggart, who is called in to investigate, quickly identifies a top crime boss as the perpetrator,...

Author is a retired RCMP officer who worked undercover for 20 years, and bases the novels on real-life experience. Book 13 in the long-running Jack Taggart Mystery series that has sold nearly 8,000 copies Taggart investigates a kidnapping ring and an information leak in his unit with deadly consequences.