Ex-special-forces-soldier-turned-bodyguard Charlotte Charlie Fox can never forget the men who put a brutal end to her military career. A long time ago, though, she vowed she wouldn't go looking for them - but now it seems she doesn't have a choice. Her boss Sean Meyer went missing in Iraq, where one of those men was working as a private security contractor. When that man's butchered body is discovered, Charlie fears that Sean may be pursuing a twisted vendetta on her behalf. Although Sean's intentions may be good, Charlie's close protection agency in New York needs the situation dealt with - fast and quiet. They send Charlie to the Middle East with very specific instructions: find Sean Meyer and stop him - by whatever means necessary.
Charlie Fox book two is the second in Zoe Sharp's highly acclaimed Charlotte 'Charlie' Fox crime thriller series. "I am a violent man, Miss Fox," Garton-Jones said, without bravado or inflection. "I can and will do whatever is necessary to control this estate. Remember that." A self-defense expert with a motorbike and an attitude, Charlie Fox doesn't need to go looking for trouble. It generally finds her. House-sitting for a friend seems like an easy favor at first but the house in question is in the Lavender Gardens estate. Teenage gangs are running riot and Charlie's desperate neighbors have been forced to employ an expensive and ruthless security firm to apply rough justice where the legal kind has failed. The situation gets even 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 specter from her army past. As the tensions rise, lives will depend on Charlie working out just whom she can really trust.
KILLER INSTINCT: Charlie Fox's Book One, is the first in Zoe Sharp's highly acclaimed crime thriller series, now available with previously deleted scenes and a 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-defense 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.
In the sweltering heat of New Orleans, former Special Forces soldier-turned-bodyguard Charlie Fox faces her toughest challenge yet. Her lover, bodyguard Sean Meyer, has woken from a gunshot-induced coma with his memory in tatters. 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. Somebody has a major score to settle, and Sean is part of the reason. Only trouble is, he doesn't remember why. One thing is for certain, though - Charlie is never going to die easy.
On Long Island, the playground of New York's wealthy and privileged, Charlie Fox is tasked with protecting the wayward daughter of rich businesswoman Caroline Willner. Charlie worries that Dina's thrill-seeking tendencies will put both of them in real danger. But just as her worst fears are realized, Charlie receives devastating personal news. The man who put her partner Sean Meyer in his coma is on the loose. She is faced with the choice between her loyalties to her client and avenging Sean, but the two goals are soon inextricably linked. The decisions Charlie makes now, and the path she chooses to follow, will have far-reaching consequences.
