The Graffiti Killer (Paperback or Softback)

An art lover sets out in a camper van, with a rifle, to rid the world of 'trasheteers' - street artists and popular artists in all their forms: painters, rockers, rappers, sculptors, writers - poseurs, in his view, whose mediocrity abases the beauty of the world, whose inescapable defilements all around burn up his sanity like a forest fire.

From Publishers' Weekly of December 2025: "Dark, unnerving portrait of obsession, combined with biting social critique, sardonic humour."

From Kirkus Review of August 2025: 'Decidedly disturbing . . . It’s the depth of depraved character development that truly powers this twisted tale. The narrator’s skewed view of the world, as seen through the lens of his frustration and anger, is, unsettlingly, almost understandable ... Readers won't soon forget this dark little novel. Our Verdict: GET IT."

Now a Red Ribbon Award Winner on the Wishing Shelf Awards.

Judges' unedited comments:

"Different. The writing style is succinct: this is not the sort of author who revels in purple prose. Pacing strong, originality is high. Readership - a bit niche possibly. Saying that, American Psycho sold a few!" Male reader aged 39.

"I don't think I'd want to meet this author down a dark alley. I guess that's a huge compliment. Never dull." Female reader, aged 29.

"I suspect modern artists won't enjoy this book! Personally, I did. It's almost funny in its own f****** up way. A man with a gun in a van murdering anybody he thinks is dumbing down art. A plus for originality. But a bit too sick for me. Horror fans will lap it up." Female reader, aged 44.

"An interesting and very dark take on 'the man snaps' plot. Remember that film with Michael Douglas when he simply lost it. Yes, like that. But darker. I wouldn't say I enjoyed it. But I did enjoy the character development of the (for want of a better word) protagonist." Male reader, aged 55.

"A compelling journey into the mind of a killer. Grim, suspense-filled, never boring. But you need to be in the right mood. Feeling down? Read a comedy. Feeling in the mood for a psychopath on a killing spree, this is the book for you." Female reader, aged 52.

The first Counter Populism Terrorist has just left the building . . .

The Times Literary Supplement called David Milnes' writing "bleak but impressive". The Graffiti Killer is the bleakest and most impressive dark comedy or cultural satire you will read this year - unless, of course, you have already read The Pathology of Graphology, The Whores of Coxcomb Hall, The Ghost of Neil Diamond, To Have Nothing or one of his other titles, in which case that would be an opinion, not a fact.

"... bleak but impressive" was the Times Literary Supplement's judgement on David Mines' writing; and novels such as 'The Ghost of Neil Diamond' have garnered thousands of words of favourable reviews from less mainstream sources as Bookmunch U.K. ('Review me Hard'), Alternative Reel, Florida, Zouch Magazine and Dissident Books, New York. His novels have been stolen and ruined by no less than 14 pdf sites.