"A chaotic comic caper that's as funny as it is brutal" – The Sun

DEATH OF A PAINTER: THE FIRST BOOK IN NEW SERIES OF DARKLY COMIC CRIME FICTION NOVELS FEATURING THE BELEAGUERED BUILDER MARK POYNTER, AIDED AND HINDERED IN EQUAL MEASURE BY HIS TRUSTED CREW OF SLACKERS, IDLERS AND GOSSIPS, AND THE LENGTHS THEY GO TO JUST TO EARN A LIVING.

IN THE BUILDING GAME TIME IS MONEY AND MONEY IS EVERYTHING. UNFORTUNATELY FOR MARK POYNTER, HE'S RUN OUT OF MONEY AND HE'S FAST RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
When Mark Poynter discovers a murder on his worksite all of his financial problems suddenly seem a lot closer to home: was this a warning his debts are overdue?
Suspected of being the killer and worried at being the intended victim, the murder only makes Mark's money problems worse, leading him to turn to the local villain, Hamlet, who has his own unique repayment plan in mind for Mark.
When two more deaths plunge him even further into debt, Mark finds himself faced with a choice – help the police and clear his name or help the villain and clear his debt.
Set in the Medway Towns on the grey margins of criminality, where no job's too big, no dodge's too small ...