Dead of Winter

Chapter 79

Carter saw the smoke billowing out of the ground floor of Martingale’s house way before he reached it.

Carter ran back to his car and pulled out the fire extinguisher from under the back seat. ‘Call the fire brigade,’ he shouted to the officer in the surveillance car as he passed him and ran towards Martingale’s front door. He kicked it open as he opened the valve on the fire extinguisher and aimed the jet of foam into the hallway. Flames ripped along the ceiling as he made his way into the living room on the left. He looked towards the middle of the room where there was a solid ball of flame with a human being sitting in the middle of it.