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by Solomon Carter


  “What is it?” he asked.

  “Oh, just some crazy idea…”

  “Crazy? You? You don’t do crazy. I’ve already copyrighted crazy. It’s all mine.”

  “Then maybe it’s finally rubbed off.”

  Dan shook his head. “I sincerely hope not…”

  “Well, let’s see. What if I told you that—”

  There was a noise from downstairs. They both stopped talking and their faces tensed as they listened. The ring of the phones reverberated through the floorboards, rising from the desks directly beneath them. Dan and Eva looked at each other, both waiting for the caller to hang up. But when the phones kept ringing, Dan said. “Could be important. Could be news on Suzie Appleby or Blane.”

  “Or Lauren,” said Eva, turning cold.

  “I’ll get it,” said Dan.

  “No, let them ring off,” said Eva.

  “It’s not after office hours. I’ll get it and come right back.” Dan dragged a pair of boxers over his legs and almost fell out of the door before he skipped down to the office. Eva listened as the phone was answered. She smiled at her skittishness. Was she really going to suggest a baby as a realistic option? Eva bit her lip and grinned. A minute or so later, Eva heard the office door slam, and listened as Dan’s feet thudded up the steps. Dan walked in looking dazed. There was a strange smile on his face. Eva shifted up in the bed.

  “What is it? What happened?” said Eva.

  “It was the Whitehair,” said Dan. “Crickle from The Renton Trust.”

  “And?”

  “Eva, the job is on! The Uber job! You know what that means? It means we won’t have to worry about money again for a while. And we’ll be busy. You know what? This is a big job. And to get this one done, we’ll have to throw everything at it. You, me, Mark, Joanne… everything we’ve got.”

  Eva turned away and picked up her waiting wine glass. Her smile wavered, but she managed to keep it in place. Dan saw the change and his brow dipped over his eyes.

  “Eva?”

  “That’s great news, Dan. Great.”

  “It means we can pay Joanne.”

  “Like I said, it’s good news.”

  “Then what’s the matter?” said Dan. “Did I steal your thunder? You had something to tell me.”

  “I’ll think I’ll save it for another time.”

  Dan grinned. “Want some more wine?”

  “Yeah,” said Eva. “I think I do.”

  Dan left the room to fetch the drinks.

  Another time. Six weeks. Six months. A year. Six years…? By then it would be too late. When it happened, if it ever happened, Eva saw it was always going to be out of her hands.

  The job would never let them go.

  Another time then.

  Maybe another life.

  Still, it wasn’t all bad. The agency was growing. The work was coming in and there were still a few years left in the old body clock yet.

  Eva decided she could wait.

  After all, what choice did she have?

  For now at least, playing with fire was the only game in town…

  Eva Roberts and Dan Bradley will return!

  Thank you for reading Playing With Fire. If you enjoyed this book I would be greatly honoured if you could post a short review to let other readers know. Thank you very much – I appreciate your help.

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  Solomon:)

  Between Two Thieves

  The sixth thrilling series featuring Eva Roberts & Dan Bradley, private detectives

  Between Two Thieves

  Cuts Both Ways

  Play With Fire

  More thrilling books by Solomon Carter

  The DI Hogarth Secret Fear series – the second DI Hogarth series

  The Secret Fear

  The Secret Dawn

  The Secret Sins

  The DI Hogarth Darkest Lies series – The first DI Hogarth series

  The Darkest Lies

  The Darkest Grave

  The Darkest Deed

  The Darkest Truth

  Long Time Dying

  The first thrilling adventures featuring Eva Roberts & Dan Bradley, private detectives

  Out with A Bang

  One Mile Deep

  Long Time Dying

  Never Back Down

  Crossing The Line

  Divide and Rule

  Better The Devil

  On Borrowed Time

  The Dirty Game

  Only Live Once

  Behind the Mask

  The Dark Tide

  Lucky For Some

  Luck & Judgment

  The second thrilling series featuring Eva Roberts & Dan Bradley, private detectives

  Luck & Judgment

  Truth Be Damned

  The Sharp End

  Don’t Go Gently

  London Calling

  The third thrilling series featuring Eva Roberts & Dan Bradley, private detectives

  Rite To Silence

  London Calling

  Promise To Pay

  The Pressure Zone

  The Final Trick

  The fourth thrilling series featuring Eva Roberts & Dan Bradley, private detectives

  The Final Trick

  Taste of Death

  The Danger Room

  Killers and Kings

  Harder They Fall

  The fifth thrilling series featuring Eva Roberts & Dan Bradley, private detectives

  Harder They Fall

  The Stone Girl

  Harvest of Blood

  Last Man Standing

  Also by Solomon Carter

  The Last Line thriller series – espionage, international adventure and all out action with Jenny Royal and The Company

  Black and Gold – Vigilante Justice short read series featuring Simon ‘The Man in the Mask’ and Jess. Crosses over with the adventures of Eva Roberts and Dan Bradley, private detectives.

  Roberts and Bradley Casebook – segmented short read series available in novel format as ‘complete box sets’. Continues the PI storyline onward from Long Time Dying until Luck & Judgment

  Flesh and Blood

  Rack and Ruin

  Two Wrongs

  PLAY WITH FIRE

  Between Two Thieves Private Investigator Crime Thriller series Book 3

  First published in Great Britain in 2019 by Great Leap

  Copyright © Solomon Carter 2019

  Solomon Carter has asserted his moral right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, to be identified as the author of this work.

  This book is a work of fiction and except in the case of historical fact, any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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