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THE PAINTER (Detective Jason Smith #28) by Stewart Giles

From bestselling author: Stewart Giles comes another brilliant addition to the Detective Jason Smith series.

The Painter is the weirdest serial killer Smith has ever come across.

Detective Smith is bored. Lockdown has kept crime at bay, so when a call comes in about a brutal murder in a house not far from where he lives, he’s wide awake.

A woman has been brutally murdered – she has been left on display with a portrait of the scene on her lap.

Two days later, Smith receives an email telling him him the details of the next victim were in the painting.

When two more women are killed and the emails keep coming, Smith is running out of ideas.

The Painter has promised to keep on killing until Smith wakes up enough to see what has been staring him in the face the whole time.

It’s a case that Smith will have nightmares about for the rest of his life.

What readers are saying about THE PAINTER:
I loved all the action packed drama which is gripping and also liked how the killer communicated with Smith during the investigation. – CAROL
I adore this series. Stewart has the knack of grabbing the reader from the very beginning and not letting go. Jason has a wry sense of humour about him which eases the tension in a murder investigation and makes for a more light-hearted read. It’s twisty, it’s clever and it’s captivating. – MISFITS FARM
Stewart is a prolific writer and his books are always gripping, fascinating and a little dark, although with traces of humour. He has a very active imagination. Despite being dark, I find them easy reads and really enjoyable. – MAUREEN
A very intriguing read with many things going on one of which is a locked room which all adds interest and intrigue to the story.  Many red herrings and curve balls certainly kept my brain ticking over. – AMAZON REVIEWER

Stewart Giles – Author Bio

After reading English at 3 Universities and graduating from none of them, I set off travelling around the world with my wife, Ann, finally settling in South Africa, where we still live. 
In 2014 Ann dropped a rather large speaker on my head and I came up with the idea for a detective series. DS Jason Smith was born. Smith, the first in the series was finished a few months later. 
3 years and 8 DS Smith books later, Joffe Books wondered if I would be interested in working with them. As a self-published author, I agreed. However, we decided on a new series – the DC Harriet Taylor: Cornwall series.
The Beekeeper was published and soon hit the number one spot in Australia. The second in the series, The Perfect Murder did just as well. 
I continued to self-publish the Smith series and Unworthy hit the shelves in 2018 with amazing results.  I therefore made the decision to self-publish The Backpacker which is book 3 in the Detective Harriet Taylor series which was published in July 2018.
After The Backpacker I had an idea for a totally new start to a series – a collaboration between the Smith and Harriet thrillers and The Enigma was born. It brought together the broody, enigmatic Jason Smith and the more level-headed Harriet Taylor. 
The Miranda trilogy is something totally different. A psychological thriller trilogy. It is a real departure from anything else I’ve written before. 
The Detective Jason Smith series continues to grow. I also have another series featuring an Irish detective who relocated to Guernsey, the Detective Liam O’Reilly series. There are also 3 stand alone novels.

Website: http://www.stewartgiles.com
Twitter: @stewartgiles
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stewart.giles.33

My Review It seems unfair to write a review as I know I will love this book before I read a word. Mostly because Stewart is consistent and reliable with characters and story development, each book has exactly you expect from this series and the characters become more and more familiar, they almost feel like family at this point 🤣🤣🤣🤣 included the lockdown so it identifies with the re world and feels very current and relevant.  Hard to remember these don’t actually exist in real life. If you want a non stop action packed cleverly planned who dunnit,then I highly recommend Stewart Giles. The best holiday book around