Synopses & Reviews
First Drop raised Zoë Sharp to electrifying new heights. Now, the award-winning suspense writer is back with a high-voltage thriller that will blow you away…
“Breathlessly compelling and utterly real.”—Jeffery Deaver
When the latest assignment for bodyguard Charlie Fox ends in a bloody shootout in a frozen New Hampshire forest, shes left fighting for her life…
“James Bond, watch your back.”—Booklist (starred review)
Charlies client Simone Kerse has just become a lottery millionaire—but he may not live long enough to enjoy her riches. Charlie was supposed to keep Simones troublesome ex-boyfriend at bay, and help her track down the father Simone had never really known—a relatively low-risk job.
“Addictive reading.”—Chicago Tribune
But Simones father has secrets in his past that are about to come back and haunt him…and the arrival of his long-lost daughter may be the catalyst that blows his whole world apart. Now, the closer Charlie gets to the truth, the bigger threat she becomes. Only this time shes in no fit state to protect anyone—least of all herself….
Review
Outstanding Praise for Zoë Sharp and the Charlie Fox Thrillers
"Today's best action heroine is back with a bang."
- Lee Child, author of Bad Luck and Trouble "James Bond, watch your back. Second Shot crackles with suspense, showcasing crisp prose, plenty of plot twists, and a heroine who adds new meaning to the term femme fatale."- Booklist (starred review) on Second Shot "Charlie Fox is fast becoming the must-read heroine of mystery."
- Ken Bruen, author of Priest, on Second Shot
"Sharp's aim is dead on. This crisp, original thriller should win Sharp plenty of American fans."
- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on First Drop
"Zoë Sharp is going to be a superstar."
- Jon Jordan, Crimespree Magazine
"Absolutely riveting . . . the fist-clenching tension never lets up."
- Chicago Tribune on First Drop
"A stellar breakout. Were James Bond a woman, he would be Charlie Fox . . . one of the strongest female characters working the dark alleys of mystery fiction nowadays."
- January Magazine, Best Crime Fiction 2005, on First Drop
Review
“Todays best action heroine is back with a bang.”—Lee Child
“James Bond, watch your back.”—Booklist (starred review)
“Addictive reading.”—Chicago Tribune“Breathlessly compelling and utterly real.”—Jeffery Deaver
Synopsis
In this follow-up to the Barry Award-finalist, "First Drop," the latest assignment for former Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard Charlie Fox ends in a bloody shootout, leaving her fighting for her life. Martin's Press.
Synopsis
When the latest assignment for bodyguard Charlie Fox ends in a bloody shootout in a frozen New Hampshire forest, shes left fighting for her life…
Charlies client Simone Kerse has just become a lottery millionaire—but he may not live long enough to enjoy her riches. Charlie was supposed to keep Simones troublesome ex-boyfriend at bay, and help her track down the father Simone had never really known—a relatively low-risk job.
But Simones father has secrets in his past that are about to come back and haunt him…and the arrival of his long-lost daughter may be the catalyst that blows his whole world apart. Now, the closer Charlie gets to the truth, the bigger threat she becomes. Only this time shes in no fit state to protect anyone—least of all herself….
Synopsis
"Take it from me, getting yourself shot hurts like hell." When the latest assignment for ex--Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard Charlie Fox, ends in a bloody shootout in a frozen forest of New Hampshire, she's left fighting for her life, with her client dead.
Simone Kerse had just become a lottery millionaire but never lived long enough to enjoy her riches. Charlie was supposed to keep Simone's troublesome ex-boyfriend at bay and accompany her on a trip to track down the father Simone had never really known---a relatively low-risk job.
But Simone's father has secrets in his past that are about to come back and haunt him, and the arrival of his long-lost daughter may be the catalyst that blows his whole world apart. But the closer Charlie gets to the truth, the bigger threat she becomes. Only this time she's in no fit state to protect anyone, least of all herself....
About the Author
Zoë Sharp is the author of the Barry Award Finalist First Drop. Having spent most of her childhood living aboard a catamaran on the northwest coast of England, she opted out of mainstream education at the age of twelve and wrote her first novel when she was fifteen. The author went through a variety of jobs in her teenage years before becoming a freelance photojournalist in 1988. Zoë lives with her husband in Cumbria, England. Please visit her Web site at www.zoesharp.com.