Jack of All Trades Books 1-4

The first four in the Jack of All Trades crime series, comprising:

Jack of All Trades
Jack of Spades
Jack o’Lantern
Jack by the Hedge

Jack Bell, a builder, finds murder at his various work sites. In the books, along with a little romantic entanglement, he variously solves the crime, is involved in the crime, or is close to becoming another corpse.