Author
Shane Tuckey
I am a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police Staff Sergeant with over 30 years experience investigating organized crime, drugs, undercover operations and terrorism.
For five years I was based at the Canadian High Commission, New Delhi, India representing Canada as a Police Liaison Officer working across South East Asia, on international investigations.
The North Shore Murders
My debut crime thriller is coming in 2026. It's inspired by real life investigations, real danger, and true events that shaped my career.
Gunfire shatters the quiet life Inspector Steve Tucker hoped to build with his family, far from his covert past. His neighbours are found shot dead on the lawn next door. The killings point to an international organized-crime syndicate. Steve thought he’d left the CIA behind, but the violence drags him and his family back into the crosshairs. Using informants, undercover techniques, and the instincts of a former operative, he hunts for the truth behind the executions. As the death toll rises on both sides, old scars from the war on terror surface forcing Steve to confront what he has spent a lifetime trying to forget.
I am offering FREE two real true crime short stories of my time as a police officer. Names and locations have been changed to protect peoples privacy. Download both stories free, exclusive to my readers. Provide me your email address below and you will receive both stories and updates on the release of my novel.
A ROOKIE MISTAKE One of my first calls. A frail 90 pound Grandmother and a butcher knife. A real wake up call.
UNDER THE GUN A decade later working undercover. We purchased cocaine by the gram then ounces. When we went to kilos it was arrest time.The Emergency Response Team was knocking on the door of our hotel room. No one knew the bad guy had brought a 9mm to the room.
Shane Tuckey is a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Staff Sergeant with more than three decades of service. He built a career specializing in national security, organized crime, drug enforcement, undercover operations, and international police liaison work.
In the early 1980's he was posted to Surrey BC where he worked the streets on patrol and in uniform. He began his time with Federal Drug Enforcement working in Vancouver in 1983. He was involved in major organized-crime investigations producing multi-jurisdictional prosecutions, large-scale narcotics seizures, and the dismantling of high-level criminal networks.
In 1985, he was seconded for three years to work on the bombing of Air India Flight 182. This remains the largest mass-murder case in Canada’s history, 329 people lost their lives, most of them Canadian citizens.
Shane’s career includes a five-year appointment as a diplomat. He was a Counsellor and Canada's Police Liaison Officer at the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India. From 2005 to 2010, he represented the RCMP and Canada's interests across six South Asian nations. In this role he coordinated sensitive criminal intelligence, advanced extradition cases, supported Canadian agencies overseas, and worked directly with foreign police, diplomats, and government officials. During the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, he was Canada’s only police officer on the ground, serving as a critical link between Canadian victims, local authorities, and the Government of Canada.
Shane later served Canada at the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) in Indonesia, co-ordinating, developing international counter-terrorism and transnational crime training programs. He led a small team of officers in an Integrated Intelligence Section in North Vancouver, focusing on human-source recruitment and targeted disruption strategies.
He brings a lifetime of frontline experience to his writing, offering readers an authentic look into the world of policing, national security, and high-stakes investigations.
The stunning background photograph of Vancouver’s fog was captured by Tibi J Roman along with the photograph of me walking on the train tracks. Both photos are used with his permission.
My sincere thanks as well to Rina Pita for her creative guidance on the book design and visual direction of The North Shore Murders.
© 2025 Shane Tuckey. All text, images, and downloadable files on this site are protected by copyright. The title of the work is The North Shore Murders.
© 2025 Shane Tuckey. All text, images, and downloadable files on this site are protected by copyright. The title of the work is The North Shore Murders.