Art and Murder - (Jack Taggart Mystery) by Don Easton (Paperback)

About the Book

Undercover operative Jack Taggart of the RCMP is on a mission to find the murderer of a fellow officer. Posing as a pimp, he infiltrates an international crime syndicate led by a mysterious figure known only as the Ringmaster. His plan to find the killer is going well ... until the killer IDs him first.

Book Synopsis

Undercover operative Jack Taggart of the RCMP is on a mission to find the murderer of a fellow officer. Posing as a pimp, he infiltrates an international crime syndicate led by a mysterious figure known only as the Ringmaster. His plan to find the killer is going well ... until the killer IDs him first.

Review Quotes

[T]he whole tale will keep readers on the edge of their seats.

[T]he whole tale will keep readers on the edge of their seats.-- "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.

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"

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

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.

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"

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.