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Into the Fire
When the wife of a larger-than-life businessman pays a late night visit to private investigators Roberts and Bradley, it looks like a typical infidelity case. But when they follow Mason Dolby to a secret liaison with an unusual beauty, they discover the situation is nothing like what it seems.
The meeting is charged with sexual tension - but it's all one-way traffic.
When the mysterious woman hands Mason a note written on a napkin, detectives Roberts and Bradley find themselves hooked on the sharp end of a challenging mystery.
A dangerous woman.
A deadly arsonist.
A race against time to save the town from going up in flames.
Trapped by mystery on all sides, Eva Roberts and Dan Bradley must solve the puzzle before lives are lost. But under increasing pressure, this race looks impossible to win...
Featuring the much-loved detectives, the logical Eva Roberts, and the headstrong Dan Bradley, this epic trilogy will immerse you in a world of sordid crime and heart-stopping thrills.
Into the Fire packs a powerful punch, delivered with a hint of humour. Discover if Eva and Dan can stop this raging fire before it's too late...
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The meeting is charged with sexual tension - but it's all one-way traffic.
When the mysterious woman hands Mason a note written on a napkin, detectives Roberts and Bradley find themselves hooked on the sharp end of a challenging mystery.
A dangerous woman.
A deadly arsonist.
A race against time to save the town from going up in flames.
Trapped by mystery on all sides, Eva Roberts and Dan Bradley must solve the puzzle before lives are lost. But under increasing pressure, this race looks impossible to win...
Featuring the much-loved detectives, the logical Eva Roberts, and the headstrong Dan Bradley, this epic trilogy will immerse you in a world of sordid crime and heart-stopping thrills.
Into the Fire packs a powerful punch, delivered with a hint of humour. Discover if Eva and Dan can stop this raging fire before it's too late...
GRAB YOUR COPY NOW!
207 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 6, 2023
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About the author
Solomon Carter
183 books98 followersHello folks,
My name is Solomon Carter, and I am the author of the Roberts and Bradley PI crime thriller series, The Last Line international thriller series, the DI Hogarth Darkest series and more. I write mysteries, crime and thriller novels and more besides.
I was born in Southend, Essex and lived there for most of my life apart from eventful student days in South London. But my life in Southend was even more eventful still. I ended up working in a string of jobs including as a jobcentre clerk, a book seller, tutor for youth with low skills and low self esteem, mortgage broker, and latterly manager of a food bank which dealt with all kinds of interesting people facing all kinds of eye-opening, jaw dropping problems. Because of these ear-to-the-ground jobs the majority of my novels are set in Southend. In 2016 I moved to North Cornwall because I liked the idea of never-ending holidays - but I also write almost every single day. My aim is to write action-packed thrillers and page-turning mysteries that readers love and my hope is to get better at what I do with every book across each and every year.
I like to give away lots of free books as part of what I do. If you would like to receive some of these and get the exclusives on offer, than you're invited to join my free readers group at SolomonCarter.net. I won't spam you, just send the occassional email with news on the latest books and forthcoming freebies.
And if you want to see the memes, personal shares and other oddball stuff I do, then you can join me at Facebook via www.facebook.com/solomoncarterwrites and join the fun there too.
What I am good at: telling stories
What I am bad at: dancing, being patient.
What I love: nature, the seaside, adventures
Writers I heartily recommend: Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Henning Mankell, Val McDermid, Harlan Coben, Robert Crais.
Writers I need to read more of: Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly and others.
Other things I do beside writing: at present I like to keep my running going to balance out the sitting behind a laptop (a habit inspired by Haruki Murakami's 'What I talk about when I talk about running' - a great book).
-I am currently doing surf lessons. When in Rome, as they say...
-Getting out into nature as the weather allows.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Until then I'll keep on writing. Or running. Or surfing. Or chasing my children around the house.
All the very best,
Solomon :)
PS
if you have enjoyed any of my books, I'd be honoured if you could post a review. Those reviews really do help!
My name is Solomon Carter, and I am the author of the Roberts and Bradley PI crime thriller series, The Last Line international thriller series, the DI Hogarth Darkest series and more. I write mysteries, crime and thriller novels and more besides.
I was born in Southend, Essex and lived there for most of my life apart from eventful student days in South London. But my life in Southend was even more eventful still. I ended up working in a string of jobs including as a jobcentre clerk, a book seller, tutor for youth with low skills and low self esteem, mortgage broker, and latterly manager of a food bank which dealt with all kinds of interesting people facing all kinds of eye-opening, jaw dropping problems. Because of these ear-to-the-ground jobs the majority of my novels are set in Southend. In 2016 I moved to North Cornwall because I liked the idea of never-ending holidays - but I also write almost every single day. My aim is to write action-packed thrillers and page-turning mysteries that readers love and my hope is to get better at what I do with every book across each and every year.
I like to give away lots of free books as part of what I do. If you would like to receive some of these and get the exclusives on offer, than you're invited to join my free readers group at SolomonCarter.net. I won't spam you, just send the occassional email with news on the latest books and forthcoming freebies.
And if you want to see the memes, personal shares and other oddball stuff I do, then you can join me at Facebook via www.facebook.com/solomoncarterwrites and join the fun there too.
What I am good at: telling stories
What I am bad at: dancing, being patient.
What I love: nature, the seaside, adventures
Writers I heartily recommend: Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Henning Mankell, Val McDermid, Harlan Coben, Robert Crais.
Writers I need to read more of: Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly and others.
Other things I do beside writing: at present I like to keep my running going to balance out the sitting behind a laptop (a habit inspired by Haruki Murakami's 'What I talk about when I talk about running' - a great book).
-I am currently doing surf lessons. When in Rome, as they say...
-Getting out into nature as the weather allows.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Until then I'll keep on writing. Or running. Or surfing. Or chasing my children around the house.
All the very best,
Solomon :)
PS
if you have enjoyed any of my books, I'd be honoured if you could post a review. Those reviews really do help!
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January 3, 2024
Good crime/PI story. I’m interested in reading the rest of the series to have more of my questions answered. Might also read some of his other works to learn more about other characters.
June 2, 2025
Am not really sure why I am not a mad fan of this husband and wife duo Eva Roberts and Dan Bradley, who run a private investigation office, and now with the added addition of a baby boy to care for. I am amazed how she drops her baby at such very short notice on either of her two old friends who willingly look after a cranky baby at all sorts of times whilst not knowing where his parents are going or even when they are coming back, or even if.
A new client appears in their office who believes that her husband of many years is seeing another woman, and wants to know where and when and who she is. They take up the challenge, I think work is a little slack there at that moment and on tailing him discover he meets up in cafes or bars with a large shapely blonde who slips napkins with words written on them and he disappears with the napkin stuck up his sleeve and envelopes obviously containing money. The plot does get much darker.
On the other side of town on dark nights fires are being deliberately started in an industrial unit owned by somebody who has a grievance with the shapely blonde lady's boss. In the latest fire a tramp was seeking warmth and shelter and hunkered down there but got badly injured. I think they wasted a lot of time on these fires and the cheating man and trying to find out something on the owner of the units and his client. Alice Perry, a local reporter who manages to make trouble wherever she goes, appears on the scene of the latest fire and is clearly still interested in Dan and he's half a mind to go off with her for an odd weekend I wouldn't wonder, but I can't help thinking that this book could look a lot less slimmer if it had their local friendly policeman DI Hogarth investigating everything, and he would have cut short the reins of Alice Perry with whom he too has a back story, and it would have been over much quickly.
At the end all becomes a lot clearer and Dan and Eva pick up their baby and go back to their war ravaged home to try and put their flat and office back together again after solving the mystery of the cheating man and the very tough woman, and the bad blokes who inhabit places which are run down and preferably by the sea, oh and quite close to the London network of criminals.
A new client appears in their office who believes that her husband of many years is seeing another woman, and wants to know where and when and who she is. They take up the challenge, I think work is a little slack there at that moment and on tailing him discover he meets up in cafes or bars with a large shapely blonde who slips napkins with words written on them and he disappears with the napkin stuck up his sleeve and envelopes obviously containing money. The plot does get much darker.
On the other side of town on dark nights fires are being deliberately started in an industrial unit owned by somebody who has a grievance with the shapely blonde lady's boss. In the latest fire a tramp was seeking warmth and shelter and hunkered down there but got badly injured. I think they wasted a lot of time on these fires and the cheating man and trying to find out something on the owner of the units and his client. Alice Perry, a local reporter who manages to make trouble wherever she goes, appears on the scene of the latest fire and is clearly still interested in Dan and he's half a mind to go off with her for an odd weekend I wouldn't wonder, but I can't help thinking that this book could look a lot less slimmer if it had their local friendly policeman DI Hogarth investigating everything, and he would have cut short the reins of Alice Perry with whom he too has a back story, and it would have been over much quickly.
At the end all becomes a lot clearer and Dan and Eva pick up their baby and go back to their war ravaged home to try and put their flat and office back together again after solving the mystery of the cheating man and the very tough woman, and the bad blokes who inhabit places which are run down and preferably by the sea, oh and quite close to the London network of criminals.
December 23, 2023
Much better
This is a much better Bradley & Roberts book than any of the others, miles better.
The characters have aged nicely and the rough brashness about each of them has softened significantly. Neither thinks they are better than the other and the usual competition and oneupmanship isn’t visible in this story. I really liked it.
A client thinks her husband is cheating on her and Eva & Dan are short of work so agreed to take the case. Their guns no attitudes have dissipated following the birth of their son Sam.
They follow the husband and see him meeting a woman but there’s something not quite in the bracket of an affair about their relationship.
A tense and gripping story unfolds and whilst there is an element of danger they are managing their risk much better as they are very mindful of Sam’s welfare.
I won’t divulge the storyline as I do t want to spoil it for readers. It’s well put together and keeps the attention of the reader bringing back some characters from the past who have also developed as people.
I enjoyed reading this book and am more likely than I was previously to buy more Bradley & Robert’s books in the series.
This is a much better Bradley & Roberts book than any of the others, miles better.
The characters have aged nicely and the rough brashness about each of them has softened significantly. Neither thinks they are better than the other and the usual competition and oneupmanship isn’t visible in this story. I really liked it.
A client thinks her husband is cheating on her and Eva & Dan are short of work so agreed to take the case. Their guns no attitudes have dissipated following the birth of their son Sam.
They follow the husband and see him meeting a woman but there’s something not quite in the bracket of an affair about their relationship.
A tense and gripping story unfolds and whilst there is an element of danger they are managing their risk much better as they are very mindful of Sam’s welfare.
I won’t divulge the storyline as I do t want to spoil it for readers. It’s well put together and keeps the attention of the reader bringing back some characters from the past who have also developed as people.
I enjoyed reading this book and am more likely than I was previously to buy more Bradley & Robert’s books in the series.
December 23, 2023
This is the beginning of another brilliant trilogy from Solomon Carter. Eva and Dan, hired to catch a cheating husband, find he's involved in something much worse and more dangerous. The woman he meets is his contact . She is very attractive, with a long braid down her back, but she turns out to be very dangerous. Eva and Dan investigate in spite of baby sitting problems. Their old colleague, Jess is back and helping out, whilst caring for Simon (from the Black and Gold series) while he recovers from injuries. At the same time, an arsonist is setting fire to Southend. Alice Perry, intrepid reporter and femme fatale, always trying to tempt Dan, in spite of him being a dad now. Alice is chasing a scoop for her newspaper but Dan wants to catch the pyromaniac. I couldn't put the book down and move on swiftly to the second instalment!
December 15, 2023
Fantastic new book. I thorough enjoyed it with some of the original characters. No spoilers. Am about to start Book 2 today.
January 4, 2024
good
A brilliant follow on from the first book in this trilogy series. It has none stop action. Well worth a read. Now for the final book
A brilliant follow on from the first book in this trilogy series. It has none stop action. Well worth a read. Now for the final book
January 16, 2024
Robert’s & Bradley - parents?
Good story and plot, intriguing and gripping. Hard to put down and eager to read follow on as more answers needed. Thank you Mr Carter.
Good story and plot, intriguing and gripping. Hard to put down and eager to read follow on as more answers needed. Thank you Mr Carter.
January 17, 2024
Riveting
This is a fast paced story with characters which capture your heart. Can't wait to read the next book in this series.
This is a fast paced story with characters which capture your heart. Can't wait to read the next book in this series.
January 30, 2024
Parts of the story weren't that easy to follow as it jumped around a little and didn't flow. The story itself was good but the reading experience was lacking.
February 15, 2024
Boring
This was bad. No action or mystery. Couldn't finish it. Characters weren't made real. No connection. Wasn't sure what they were trying to accomplish.
This was bad. No action or mystery. Couldn't finish it. Characters weren't made real. No connection. Wasn't sure what they were trying to accomplish.
February 28, 2024
Good story
I enjoyed this story .not sure what happened in the end wEnt really doing it for me though.but ok
though
I enjoyed this story .not sure what happened in the end wEnt really doing it for me though.but ok
though
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February 28, 2024Crime thriller lacking punch.
An interesting thriller which lacked punch and griping quality which you get when you want to read on and on.
An interesting thriller which lacked punch and griping quality which you get when you want to read on and on.
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March 27, 2024Read 3/24
August 17, 2024
Read - December 2023 Stuff Your Kindle Day.
Meh. The storyline was over complicated which made it messy, it just didn’t flow very well.
Meh. The storyline was over complicated which made it messy, it just didn’t flow very well.
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