Jackson's Gambit

by Scott Hogan

Jackson Taylor is a successful businessman, upstanding citizen, and loving husband and devoted father—until he loses his innocent family in a drug-related tragedy. Crazed with grief, he assumes the identity of corrupt banker-turned-cabdriver Harlan Tripping, and embarks on a vigilante mission to nail the drug cartel he considers responsible. What was supposed to take months takes years, and what started out as a false identity becomes increasingly real. As Jackson builds new friendships on a foundation of lies and deception, his loyalties and objectives grow more complicated, and the stakes get progressively higher. Ultimately, he finds himself risking his friends’ lives as well as his own in a winner-take-all confrontation with the leader of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel. Jackson’s Gambit is an intelligent, fast-paced thriller, an insider’s view of the border drug trade, and a riveting portrayal of a character transformed by loss.

Paperback

First published August 1, 2002