

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Book launch celebration for Donny - An undercover cop with a deathwish
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 am – Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 am
- **Event Description**: Event description
Buckle up! This is unlike any other book launch you have ever attended before.  Join former undercover police officer Todd Maguire for the launch of Donny – An Undercover Cop with a Deathwish.  This is not some straight true crime book, rather, it is the true account of a young Queensland cop shattered by loss, who walked straight into the criminal underworld looking for escape, redemption, or maybe an end. It’s rough, honest and unapologetically Australian – with humour thrown into the mix. It’s a book that doesn’t pretend to fix your life in five steps but tells the truth about what happens when things fall apart, and how you find a way to keep going. This book isn’t a guide to getting life right in a few simple steps – it’s a raw, honest account of how badly it can go when you don’t. A reminder that even when you lose yourself, you can still claw something back. 

What’s included: Hear insights from Todd into the creation of the book.

The Renno:Entry to the launch eventOne-hour drinks packageLight finger food.
The Donny: Signed copy of Donny– An Undercover Cop with a Deathwish Entry to the launch event one-hour drinks package and finger food, children 16 and under are free. Be aware that mature content may be discussed.

About the book Donny – An Undercover Cop with a Deathwish isn’t pretty, polished or dressed up for show. It’s a raw memoir about a young Queensland police officer whose life split in two the day his partner died by suicide. Todd Maguire didn’t cope. Not even close. He drank and he walked straight into undercover work – dangerous, dirty, high-risk operations where the line between right and wrong blurred fast. Back then, policing was a different beast. Todd stepped into that world already broken, wearing the name Donny Wilson like armour. Donny was the bloke who could walk into drug dens, sit across from traffickers, deal with the unpredictable and survive it. Todd wasn’t sure he could. For two years, Todd lived as someone else, sinking further into organised crime circles while trying to quiet the grief that followed him everywhere. But trauma doesn’t stay buried. It waits. And when Todd finally left the job, everything he’d pushed down started to rise. 

About the author Todd Maguire spent 27 years with the Queensland Police Service – undercover operations, major crime investigations, tactical operations, counter-terrorism, bomb detection and work across the state. He helped put away traffickers, violent offenders and major criminal networks. He’s received a Certificate of Recognition and a Commissioner’s Citation for his work infiltrating organised crime groups and helping bring more than 500 charges across major operations. But behind the medals and commendations was a bloke carrying more than anyone knew. Todd lived through the worst parts of humanity: violent assaults, suicides, fatal crashes, domestic violence, child abuse and the kind of grief that imprints itself onto your bones. He knocked on doors to deliver news that breaks families. He held people in their worst moments. He stood in scenes that stay with you forever. For decades, he didn’t speak about the trauma, the drinking, the fallout, the complex PTSD. 

This book is him finally telling the truth; not as a polished author, but as a bloke who has lived through it, lost himself and fought like hell to come back. He’s not trying to be perfect. He’s trying to be honest. And that honesty is the spine of Donny – Undercover Cop with a Deathwish. 
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Saturday, February 7 2026
Time: Doors open at 3pm
Location: Chill Café 89, 89 Esplanade Golden Beach.
TICKET PRICES 
The Reno (Event only): $40 
The Donny (Event and signed book): $75
Children 16 and under: Free
Tickets are strictly limited, don’t miss out!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/golden-beach/book-launch-celebration-for-donny-an-undercover-cop-with-a-deathwish/200029425621458
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 98

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://events.humanitix.com/donnylaunch/tickets?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=golden+beach-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Golden Beach
- **state**: QL
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: 89 Esplanade, Golden Beach QLD 4551, Australia
- **lat**: -26.8237
- **long**: 153.12081
- **full address**: 89 Esplanade, Golden Beach QLD 4551, Australia, 88 Esplanade, Golden Beach QLD 4551, Australia, Golden Beach

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Todd Maguire - Writer - Story Teller (https://allevents.in/org/todd-maguire-writer-story-teller/27295961)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 89 Esplanade, Golden Beach QLD 4551, Australia, 88 Esplanade, Golden Beach QLD 4551, Australia, Golden Beach
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Todd Maguire - Writer - Story Teller
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Book launch celebration for Donny - An undercover cop with a deathwish ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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