Death of a Painter

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, but more worried about 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.

Death Of A Painter is the first in a 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 will go to just to earn a living, because in the cash-in-hand shadows of the economy there’s no job too big, no dodge too small.

In cladire, jocul inseamna bani si bani sunt totul. Din pacate pentru Mark Poynter, el a ramas fara bani si a ramas repede fara timp. Cand Mark Poynter descopera o crima la locul de munca, toate problemele sale financiare par brusc mult mai aproape de casa: a fost acesta un avertisment ca datoriile sale sunt intarziate? Suspectat ca este ucigasul, dar mai ingrijorat de victima pe care o intentioneaza, crima nu face decat sa inrautateasca problemele banilor lui Mark, ceea ce il determina sa se adreseze ticalosului local, Hamlet, care are in minte propriul sau plan de rambursare unic pentru Mark. moartea il arunca si mai mult in datorii, Mark se afla in fata unei alegeri - ajuta politia si isi sterge numele sau il ajuta pe ticalos si isi sterge datoria. Death Of A Painter este primul dintr-o noua serie de romane de fictiune criminala intunecate asediatul constructor Mark Poynter, ajutat si impiedicat in egala masura de echipajul sau de incredere de slabiciuni, tampenii si barfe, si lungimile la care vor merge doar pentru a-si castiga existenta, pentru ca in umbrele de bani in mana ale economiei nu exista loc de munca prea mare, nici un eschiv prea mic.