Zoë Sharp

Charlie Fox makes a living of sorts teaching self-defence to women. It's a skill Charlie picked up of necessity having been kicked out of the army for reasons she prefers not to go into. So when Susie Hollins is found dead only a few hours after she mistakenly tussles with Charlie at the New Adelphi Club, Charlie knows it's only a matter of time before the police come calling. Only the police reveal that the unlucky Hollins has become the latest victim of the homicidal rapist stalking the local area. Charlie finds herself inadvertently drawn into the investigation when the Adelphi's enigmatic owner Marc Quinn offers her a job. Viewed as an outsider by the existing all-male security team, her suspicion that there is a link between the club and the serial killer doesn't exactly endear her to anyone. Charlie has always taught her students that it's better to run away from a danger than fight unnecessarily. But when the killer starts taking a very personal interest in her it becomes clear that he isn't going to give her that option...

Killer Instinct

Riot Act

Hard Knocks

She came back on the day of her father’s funeral, ten years after she vanished. But she can’t be who she says she is… When Blake disappeared as a teenager, on a cold dark night, her father never reported her missing. She is presumed dead. Now, ten years later, a young woman with white-blonde hair sits comfortably in the family living room and smiles at the shocked faces around her. “Don’t you recognise me?” she says. “I’m Blake.” Detective John Byron isn’t sure whether she’s telling the truth. But as he investigates, he soon realises no one is happy to see her. And the people who should be welcoming her back with open arms know she can’t be Blake. Because they killed her the night she vanished… Didn’t they? From the bestselling author of the Charlie Fox books, The Last Time She Died will have you gripped until the last mind-blowing page. Fans of Cara Hunter, Kendra Elliot and Rachel Abbott will love this action-packed crime thriller. Readers are hooked by The Last Time She Died: ‘Wow!! Just wow!!… This book is brilliant! More than brilliant, amazing!!!… Absolutely gripping, addictive and captivating… I was absolutely hooked from the first page to the last. I had a complete shock at the twists… Love, love, loved all the characters!!!’ NetGalley reviewer ‘Oh My GOD. What is this book?? I could not put it down!… Kept me up until the wee hours! Read this!’ LauraReviews88, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Well, I was all in on this one… I loved our main characters… Was totally involved in our mystery… Happy that it seems to be the start of a series and I’m completely on board!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Phenomenal… Killer book – literally!… I can’t wait for the next instalment in this five-star series!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘WOW, did not see that ending coming. Kept me hooked all the way through.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Thrilling and I was hooked from the beginning! I’m very excited to look out for the next book in the series!’ @readwith_brooke ‘Engrossing and entertaining… Twists and turns keeping me on the edge of my seat… I rushed through this book, eager to turn the pages… I can’t wait for the next book in the series!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Fabulous… Fast paced, great character development with an excellent plot… I couldn't have asked for a better book!’ Goodreads reviewer ‘I was totally blown away… Brilliant… You definitely have to read it, can’t recommend it enough.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A mind-blowing, tale-twisting, suspenseful, thrill ride.’ Goodreads reviewer ‘Just amazing, gripping… The twists and turns kept throwing me off track and the ending, oh my goodness… A must-read… Such a page turner.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A whirlwind of a novel… I was glued to the pages, never knowing what was coming next… I was mightily impressed.’ NetGalley reviewer ‘Wow… Amazing, gripping, really cannot express how the twists and turns kept throwing me off track and the ending, oh my goodness… Definitely a must-read… Such a page turner.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was sitting, relaxed, on the sofa when I started to read this book but after reading the first chapter I was sitting on the edge of it and I stayed there the whole time.’ B for Book Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Incredible…It blew my socks off… Full of tension and suspense, I couldn’t think about putting it down, I had to know what happened.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A totally unputdownable crime thriller with a mind-blowing twist

The Last Time She Died

First in the slam-bang series featuring a bodyguard with special forces skills. “If Jack Reacher were a woman, he’d be Charlie Fox.” —Lee Child Charlie Fox was no good at being the nice girl her parents wanted, so she joined Her Majesty’s military and acquired a new set of skills. Now she puts them to use teaching self-defense to battered women in a refuge. Her talents come in even handier when she takes a job working security at the New Adelphi, a hot new club with an enigmatic owner. And they come in handiest of all when a rapist appears to be targeting the women at the refuge, and someone with a very nasty line in knife-work starts stalking Charlie’s friends. Praise for Zoë Sharp and the Charlie Fox series “Zoë Sharp is one of the sharpest, coolest, and most intriguing writers I know. She delivers dramatic, action-packed novels with characters we really care about.” —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author “The bloody bar fights are bloody brilliant and Charlie’s skills are formidable and for real.” —The New York Times “As action-packed and streamlined as the Suzuki the main character, a self-defense expert, rides. Zoë Sharp has an apt last name.” —David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author “Male and female crime fiction readers alike will find Sharp’s writing style addictively readable—one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there.” —Chicago Tribune “I highly recommend this series!” —Ian Rankin, New York Times bestselling author “Sharp’s heroine Charlie Fox has to be one of the best characters in the crime thriller genre.” —CrimeSquad

Die easy

A Charlie Fox Thriller (Charlie Fox Mysteries)

Second Shot

'If you stay involved with Sean Meyer you will end up killing again, ' my father said. 'And next time, Charlotte, you might not get away with it' Still bearing the emotional scars from her traumatic first bodyguarding job in the States, Charlie Fox returns to her former home to try and work out both her personal and professional future. Instead of the peace she's hoping for, Charlie is immediately caught up in the aftermath of a fatal bike crash involving one of her closest friends. The more she probes, the more she suspects that the accident was far from accidental - and the more she finds herself relying on the support of her troubled boss, Sean, despite her misgivings over the wisdom of resuming their relationship. And Charlie's got enough on her plate trying to work out who suddenly wants her dead. the only way to find out is to infiltrate a group of illegal road racers who appear hell-bent on living fast and dying young..

Road Kill

A self-defence expert with a motorbike and an attitude, Charlie Fox doesn't need to go looking for trouble. It generally finds her. Housesitting for a friend seemed easy at first but the house is in the Lavender Garden Estate. Teenage gangs are running riot and desperate neighbours have employed a ruthless security firm to apply rough justice. The situation gets uglier when a young Asian boy is fatally wounded in what appears to be a racially motivated shooting. Caught in the middle of an urban battlefield, Charlie's more than able to take care of herself but then she comes face to face with a spectre from her army past. Lives will depend on Charlie working out just who she can really trust ...

KILLER INSTINCT: Charlie Fox book one s the first in Zoe Sharp's highly acclaimed crime thriller series, now available with previously deleted scenes and Foreword by Lee Child. 'Susie Hollins may have been no great shakes as a karaoke singer, but I didn't think that was enough reason for anyone to want to kill her.' Charlotte 'Charlie' Fox makes a living teaching self-defence to women in a quiet northern English city. It makes best use of the deadly skills she picked up after being kicked out of army Special Forces training for reasons she prefers not to go into So, when Susie Hollins is found dead hours after she foolishly takes on Charlie at the New Adelphi Club, Charlie knows it's only a matter of time before the police come calling. What they don't tell her is that Hollins is the latest victim of a homicidal rapist stalking the local area. Charlie finds herself drawn closer to the crime when the New Adelphi's enigmatic owner, Marc Quinn, offers her a job working security at the club. Viewed as an outsider by the existing all-male team, her suspicion that there's a link between the club and the killer doesn't exactly endear her to anyone. Charlie has always taught her students that it's better to run than to stand and fight, But, when the killer starts taking a very personal interest, it's clear he isn't going to give her that option... 'Charlie looks like a made-for-TV model, with her red hair and motorcycle leathers, but Sharp means business. The bloody bar fights are bloody brilliant, and Charlie's skills are both formidable and for real.' Marilyn Stasio, New York Times 'Sharp deserves a genre all her own if you are just discovering Zoe Sharp then you are in for a real treat.' Jon Jordan, Crimespree Magazine 'Charlotte (Charlie) Fox is one of the most vivid and engaging heroines ever to swagger onto the pages of a book. Where Charlie goes, thrills follow.' Tess Gerritsen 'Ill-tempered, aggressive and borderline psychotic, Fox is also compassionate, introspective and highly principled: arguably one of the most enigmatic and coolest heroines in contemporary genre fiction.' Paul Goat Allen, Chicago Tribune

Charlie Fox book one

Ex-army. Current badass. Charlie Fox has some knowledge to drop in “one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there” (Chicago Tribune). Who doesn’t love a good British boarding-school story? Well, Charlie Fox for starters, especially now that she’s been dropped in the middle of one. Einsbaden Manor, snuggled deep in the German countryside, isn’t exactly Hogwarts: It specializes in training bodyguards, and it’s in Germany because the British government takes a dim view of some of the techniques it teaches. With her military background and her intimate knowledge of how to take a punch, Charlie hardly needs the lessons, but she does need to find out why an old friend ended his studies at Einsbaden—and his life—with a hail of bullets in his back. And of course, there’s a second question: Will Charlie figure out how to graduate without following her mate’s example? Praise for Zoë Sharp and the Charlie Fox series “If Jack Reacher were a woman, he’d be Charlie Fox.” —Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Zoë Sharp is one of the sharpest, coolest, and most intriguing writers I know. She delivers dramatic, action-packed novels with characters we really care about.” —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author “The bloody bar fights are bloody brilliant and Charlie’s skills are formidable and for real.” —The New York Times “As action-packed and streamlined as the Suzuki the main character, a self-defense expert, rides. Zoë Sharp has an apt last name.” —David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author

When a New Orleans fundraiser turns into a deadly hostage crisis, female bodyguard Charlie Fox makes “a Die Hard–inspired stand in the Big Easy” (Kirkus Reviews). Professionally, she’s at the top of her game, but her personal life is in ruins. Her lover, bodyguard Sean Meyer, has awoken from a gunshot-induced coma with his memory in tatters. It seems that piecing back together the relationship they shared is proving harder for him than relearning the intricacies of the bodyguard business. Working with Sean again was never going to be easy for Charlie, but a celebrity fundraising event in aid of still-ravaged areas of New Orleans should have been the ideal opportunity for them both to take things nice and slow. Until, that is, they find themselves thrust into the middle of a war zone. When an ambitious robbery explodes into a deadly hostage situation, the motive may be far more complex than simple greed. Somebody has a major score to settle, and Sean is part of the reason. Only trouble is, he doesn’t remember why. And when Charlie finds herself facing a nightmare from her own past, she realizes she can’t rely on Sean to watch her back. This time, she’s got to fight it out on her own.

Die Easy

“Sharp’s aim is dead on in her stunning . . . fourth book to star ultra-cool biker chick Charlie Fox . . . [a] crisp, original thriller.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) It should have been an easy one. After Special Forces training and a wee sojourn at a school for would-be killers, Charlie has a plush assignment: Baking her chilly British bones in the Florida sunshine minding a mogul’s kid. But then the mogul-daddy disappears, Charlie’s boyfriend/boss goes on radio silence, and suddenly she’s up there all alone, the wind whipping as she stares into the drop, a scream rising from her chest, and all of it in a country where you can’t get a decent beer. “Absolutely riveting.” —Chicago Tribune “Intense . . . a nail-biting chase.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer Praise for Zoë Sharp and the Charlie Fox series “If Jack Reacher were a woman, he’d be Charlie Fox.” —Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Zoë Sharp is one of the sharpest, coolest, and most intriguing writers I know. She delivers dramatic, action-packed novels with characters we really care about.” —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author “The bloody bar fights are bloody brilliant and Charlie’s skills are formidable and for real.” —The New York Times “As action-packed and streamlined as the Suzuki the main character, a self-defense expert, rides. Zoë Sharp has an apt last name.” —David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author

First Drop

Andrew Grant

Marcus Sakey

Megan Abbott

Greg Rucka

Brad Parks

Gary Phillips

Hilary Davidson

Kat Richardson

Reed Farrel Coleman

Tom Schreck

Jeri Westerson

Chris F. Holm

Dana Cameron

Sean Doolittle

J.M. Edwards

Ted Hertel, Jr.

Nathan Banks

Bryan VanMeter

Since 2005, Murder & Mayhem in Muskego has welcomed and hosted over 150 authors a thousands of fans of crime fiction to the Milwaukee area. Just in time for the 8th annual benefit, a short story anthology featuring bestselling, Edgar and Shamus award-winning writers who have attended the day-long convention has been created. The collection is edited by Jon and Ruth Jordan. Contributors include: Megan Abbott, Dana Cameron, Reed Farrel Coleman, Hilary Davidson, Sean Doolittle, J.M. Edwards, Andrew Grant, Ted Hertel, Jr., Chris F. Holm, Brad Parks, Gary Phillips, Kat Richardson, Greg Rucka, Marcus Sakey, Tom Schreck and Nathan Banks, Zoë Sharp, Bryan VanMeter and Jeri Westerson. All profits from sales of this anthology will benefit the Murder & Mayhem in Milwaukee crime festival.

Murder and Mayhem in Muskego

Second in the series featuring a one-woman wrecking crew from the author of Killer Instinct. “Charlie Fox is simply the best.” —Jeffery Deaver No good deed goes unpunished. That’s what Charlie Fox discovers when she agrees to dog-sit for a friend, only to find that the friend’s housing complex is being terrorized by violent gangs. Desperate and frightened, the residents have hired a freelance “security” firm, whose bully-boy tactics aren’t a whole lot more appealing. With her bike on hand and a big dog by her side, Charlie is more than able to take care of herself, until a ghost comes calling—a ghost from some of Charlie’s very bad old days. To save the locals of the Lavender Garden estate (and incidentally, her own skin), Charlie’s going to have to learn to trust somebody. That’s going to be a tough lesson to learn: Trust has never been her strong suit. Praise for Zoë Sharp and the Charlie Fox series “If Jack Reacher were a woman, he’d be Charlie Fox.” —Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Zoë Sharp is one of the sharpest, coolest, and most intriguing writers I know. She delivers dramatic, action-packed novels with characters we really care about.” —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author “The bloody bar fights are bloody brilliant and Charlie’s skills are formidable and for real.” —The New York Times “As action-packed and streamlined as the Suzuki the main character, a self-defense expert, rides. Zoë Sharp has an apt last name.” —David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author “One of the very best crime fiction sagas out there.” —Chicago Tribune

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