Better The Devil

Long Time Dying #7

by Solomon Carter

Private Investigator Eva Roberts is in deep and deadly trouble. After waving goodbye to her partner and former lover, the wild Dan Bradley, Eva Roberts must trust herself as she faces the return of her nemesis the deadly Maggie Gillespie.

There is a contract out on Maggie's life, and she is prepared to pay handsomely for Eva's help. But Eva knows that nothing is as it seems when Maggie Gillespie is around. And when Eva's assistant Jess brings in a wild card vigilante to save the day, all hell breaks loose and Maggie's allies begin to turn...

Eva begins a slide towards the dark side of the crime game...

Will Eva dare to join the team Maggie is building to save her life? Can Eva resist the lure of the big money to save her business? Can she stop a committed and deadly assassin... or will Eva become just another victim?

Could this be a case of Better The Devil you know?

Thrilling adventures featuring Eva Roberts & Dan Bradley, private detectives
The Long Time Dying Series by Solomon Carter
categorised as:
Private detective series
Thrillers and mysteries series
Thrillers and mysteries Essex
Thriller London Crime series
Crime thrillers series
Crime Thrillers
Thrillers 100 must reads
Sexy Thriller
Thriller Female Protagonist
Crime Thriller series
Essex thriller series
Essex fiction
Romantic Suspense
Vigilante justice

227 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 10, 2015

About the author

Hello 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!

Reviews

[Pat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome Series

Dan, Eva's partner, in the series is a mess after being tortured and held captive by the Russian he tried to bring down. Eva is drinking more and not getting any paying private investigator work. The action starts when Eva accepts a job to protect her enemies wife Maggie Gillespie who claims her husband has a hit out on her! Enter the masked vigilante. Eva's office girl Jess decides to try and find Dan. The action and suspense has just started as Eva is in mortal danger. Grab a copy you wont be sorry.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book, fast paced, a very good read.

[paul currrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb read

Another fantastic Eva and Dan adventure with plenty of twists and turns. A very good storyline which kept me gripped through out the read. 10/10

[Sue Malijan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carter has me longing for more

Good storyline and well developed characters keep me coming back for more. Will Dan and Eva ever be back together?

[sarah mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well developed characters and storyline have read all previous books in this installment and they keep you on edge of seat wanting more and wondering what's in store for Dan and Eva next