Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

The woman lies on the hard stone and takes her last breath. Her chestnut-brown eyes are frozen in panic, a deep purple bruise under her tangled hair. “No police” are her final words. “I need Blake.” Before she received the blow that fractured her skull, formerly homeless Shannon had just got her life back on track and was always ready to help other people. But why would anyone want to kill her? And what had she discovered that had scared her so much, in the weeks before she died? Nobody seems to care what happened to Shannon, except the woman who saw her as a big sister: Blake Claremont. Blake will forever be grateful to Shannon for helping her when she was a lonely teenager, sleeping rough on the streets of London. Now, she is determined to find out who killed her and calls upon her old friend, hardened and...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

“The last thing they’ll do is get us out of here. Can’t afford to. We could tell too many stories. Stories they want to stay buried with us…” A major earthquake sees ex-Special Forces soldier-turned-bodyguard Charlie Fox on a transport plane headed for the scene of devastation. Tasked as security advisor to the specialist team at the centre of relief efforts, Charlie knows the team members put themselves in constant danger as a matter of course. Her job is to find out what kind of other risks they’re prepared to take. Her predecessor conveniently died while investigating rumours that the team were stealing from the dead. Now she’s been instructed to quietly uncover whether his death was as accidental as the official verdict suggests. Because, if it was an accident, why is everyone so obviously lying to her? Charlie must seek answers amid the shifting and lawless landscape, before there...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

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...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 18+

FOX FIVE RELOADED: Charlie Fox. In short bites. With sharp teeth. Meet Charlie Fox—ex-Special Forces soldier turned self-defence expert and bodyguard—protagonist of Zoë Sharp’s award-winning, highly acclaimed crime thriller series. (The first five stories in this collection were published in the original Charlie Fox short story collection, Fox Five). 1. A Bridge Too Far In this short story, we meet Charlie Fox before she’s become a professional in the world of close protection. When she agrees to hang out with the local Dangerous Sports Club, she has no idea how soon it will live up to its name. 2. Postcards From Another Country The rich are another country. They do things differently there. Charlie Fox is tasked with guarding the patriarch of the ultra-rich Dempsey family against attempted assassination—no matter where the danger lies. 3. Served Cold She’s waited for the perfect moment to exact her revenge… A finalist for...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 18+

‘Before she was a bodyguard, she was a soldier…’ Charlie Fox is one of the toughest cookies you could ever hope to meet. Word of advice, though—don’t try to get her to talk about her time in the military. Let’s just say it didn’t end well. Before her fall from grace, Charlie was considered a rising star. She made it through one of the toughest challenges any soldier would have to face—Selection for Special Forces. The nightmare that came next is a story I’ve explored in scenes and flashbacks throughout the series. But what happened before that? Back when Charlie was a young soldier in the regular army, on patrol in Afghanistan, being kept away from the front line fighting as stipulated by the regulations concerning female personnel. What did she do back then to prove her worth as a specialised soldier, under life-and-death conditions? How did she earn her...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

She was once the best CSI in the business. She put her trust in the evidence. It betrayed her. The uncanny abilities of London crime-scene specialist Kelly Jacks to coax evidence from the most unpromising of crime scenes once earned her the nickname The Blood Whisperer. Then six years ago all that changed. Kelly woke next to the butchered body of a man, the knife in her hands and no memory of what happened. She trusted the evidence would prove her innocent. It didn’t. Now released after serving her sentence for involuntary manslaughter, Kelly must try to piece her life back together. Shunned by colleagues and friends alike, the only work she can get is with the crime-scene cleaning firm run by her former mentor. But old habits die hard. And when her instincts tell her things are not what they appear at the routine clean-up of a suicide, she...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

I was running when I saw my father kill himself. Not that he jumped off a tall building or stepped in front of a truck but—professionally, personally—what I watched him do was suicide.’ Now settled in New York City and working for an exclusive close-protection agency, ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard Charlie Fox is shocked to see an interview with her father on the morning TV news. A prominent UK orthopædic surgeon, he is under investigation after the death of a patient. Despite the rift between Charlie and her parents, she can’t stand by and allow him to become a scapegoat, however much he tries to reject her offers of help. Joined by her fellow bodyguard and lover, Sean Meyer, she encounters some of the most ruthless criminals of her career as she seeks to exonerate her father. She may have felt like killing him on numerous occasions in the...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 18+

FIRST DROP: #04—She’s on the run. With a scared kid. In a strange country. It should have been an easy introduction to Charlie Fox’s new career as a bodyguard. She just has to look after the gawky fifteen-year-old son of a rich computer programmer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Alone and on the run, she must work out why somebody wants the boy badly enough to kill anyone who gets in their way. ROAD KILL: #05—Live fast. Die soon. Not if she can help it. Charlie Fox is back in the UK, caught up in the aftermath of a fatal motorcycle ‘accident’ involving her closest friends. The only way to find out what really happened is to infiltrate a group of illegal road racers hell-bent on living fast and dying young. By the time she finds out what’s at stake, it might be too late to stop them all becoming road...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

Take it from me, getting yourself shot hurts like hell.” The latest assignment for ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard Charlie Fox has her protecting Simone and her daughter Ella from the unwanted attentions of an ex-boyfriend. But right from the start, Simone’s refusal to accept Charlie’s security measures puts both mother and child in danger. After a bloody shoot-out in a frozen New England forest, Charlie is left fighting for her life. As she struggles to recover from her injuries, her only thought is to keep Ella safe, even as her actions put them both squarely in a killer’s sights. And this time, Charlie’s in no fit state to protect anyone, least of all herself…

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

‘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 for which she’s been hoping, 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 Meyer, 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...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

‘The guy in the passenger seat was closest. He got out first, so I shot him first. Two rounds high in the chest.’ It should have been an easy introduction to Charlie Fox’s new career as a bodyguard. In fact, it should have been almost a working holiday. She just has to look after the gawky fifteen-year-old son of a wealhy entrepreneur in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Trey Pelzner is theme park mad and in theory all Charlie has to do is baby-sit him on the rollercoasters. The last thing anyone expected was a determined attempt to snatch the boy, or that Trey’s father and their entire close protection team—including Charlie’s boss, Sean Meyer—would disappear off the face of the earth at the same time. Now somebody out there wants the boy badly and they’re prepared to kill anyone who gets in their way. Evading them, in a strange country, takes...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 18+

KILLER INSTINCT: #01—He thought she was an easy target. He was wrong. Charlie Fox is teaching self-defence to battered women. When her work brings her to the attention of a vicious rapist, will her skills be enough to save herself—and those she cares about most? RIOT ACT: #02—Fear kept people down. Until she helped them make a stand. Charlie Fox is supposed to be dog-sitting for a friend, not leading the resistance, but what’s a girl to do when the woman’s housing estate turns into an urban battlefield? She is more than able to take care of herself, until a ghost from her Army past comes calling. Someone she was trying very hard to forget… HARD KNOCKS: #03—The British Army let her go. Big mistake. Charlie Fox didn’t really care who shot dead her ex-army comrade during a bodyguard course in Germany. But when old flame Sean Meyer asks her...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

“Can you suggest one salient reason why I shouldn’t follow my first instincts and rid myself of you at the earliest opportunity?” The cult known as Fourth Day is well-funded and guards its privacy. Five years ago, Thomas Witney went in to gather evidence that the cult’s charismatic leader, Randall Bane, was responsible for the death of Witney’s son. Witney never came out. Now, ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard, Charlie Fox, agrees to go undercover into Fourth Day’s California stronghold. A fast covert op—no real danger for someone with her mind-set and training. But Charlie is not prepared for the lure of Randall Bane, nor how easily he will pinpoint her weaknesses…

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

Charlie Fox didn’t really care who shot dead her ex-army comrade during a bodyguard training course in Germany. But when old flame Sean Meyer asks her to go undercover at Major Gilby’s elite school and find out what happened, she just can’t refuse. Keeping her nerve isn’t easy as events bring back fears and memories she’s worked so hard to forget. And trying to blend in by playing down her abilities proves a real challenge. She’s going to need all her skills. There are secrets here worth killing for, and some of the students have more on their minds than simply learning about close protection. Subjects like revenge, and murder. And what’s the connection between Major Gilby and the spate of vicious kidnappings that have left a trail of bodies halfway across Europe? Charlie expected training to be tough, but will she graduate from this school of hard knocks alive?

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

In the sweating heat of Louisiana, former Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard, Charlie Fox, faces her toughest challenge yet. Professionally, she’s at the top of her game, but her personal life is another story. Her lover, bodyguard Sean Meyer, has woken 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 close-protection business. Working with Sean again was never going to be easy for Charlie, either, 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...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

The traditional Appleby Horse Fair hosts the largest gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe. The sudden influx of more than 40,000 visitors into the small Lakeland town has always caused its share of problems, with strained relations between off-comers and locals. But it’s also known as a good time to settle old scores. This year, the Fair brings with it with the discovery of two bodies near the River Eden—one very recent and another a long time buried. As Crime Scene Investigator Grace McColl and Detective Nick Weston search for answers, old secrets are revealed, old wounds are reopened, and tensions threaten to erupt into violence. While someone much closer to home is trying to get away with murder…

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

“It is a bad day to die…a perfect one to kill.” A sniper with a mission… a young cop with nothing to lose… a CSI with everything to prove… a teenage girl with a terrifying obsession… There’s a killer on the loose in the Lake District, and the calm of an English summer is shattered. For newly qualified crime-scene investigator, Grace McColl, it’s both the start of a nightmare and the chance to prove herself after a mistake that cost a life. For Detective Constable Nick Weston, recently transferred from London, it’s an opportunity to recover his nerve after a disastrous undercover operation that left him for dead. And for a lonely, loveless teenage girl, Edith, it’s the start of a twisted fantasy—one she never dreamed might come true.

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

No good deed goes unpunished. That’s what Charlie Fox discovers when she agrees to dog-sit for a friend, only to find the woman’s housing estate being terrorised 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 motorbike on hand and a big dog by her side, Charlie is more than able to take care of herself, until a ghost from her Army past comes calling. Someone she was trying very hard to forget. To save the locals of the Lavender Gardens estate—not to mention her own skin—Charlie’s going to have to learn to trust somebody. And that’s going to be a tough lesson. Trust has never been her strong suit

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

Protecting a wayward heiress on Long Island—playground of New York’s wealthy elite—is the perfect assignment for bodyguard Charlie Fox. With her partner in a coma and his shooter on the loose, she desperately needs the distraction. Staying close to Dina Willner at parties aboard luxury yachts, glittering events at the local country club, and out horse-riding along the exclusive sands is all part of the job for Charlie. But the reckless behaviour of her thrill-seeking client will put them both in real danger. The kidnappers who ransomed four other young heirs somehow outwitted any security. Now the only way Charlie can stay ahead of the game is to uncover the rich and untouchables’ darkest secrets. The kind that can destroy a future—or bury someone deep. With her client’s life on the line and the clock ticking, Charlie faces an impossible choice between justice and revenge.

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

Charlie Fox is out of a job, out of her apartment, and out of options. Why else would she be working for a shady arms dealer? House-sitting in rural New Jersey has to be the pits—TV and TV dinners. A far cry from Iraq… Bulgaria… Afghanistan. Unlucky or not, she happens to be around at the right time to foil a violent kidnap attempt on Helena, wife of billionaire arms dealer, Eric Kincaid. Kincaid offers her a job looking after Helena. The rumours about Kincaid’s business empire say he’s gone over to the dark side, but Charlie is in no position to be fussy. And protecting people against those who want to do them harm is what she’s good at. But when the threats against the Kincaids escalate, and then follow the couple over to Europe, Charlie’s really going to have to up her game. It’s time to take the...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

The dead man had not gone quietly … There was a time when I would have given everything I owned to be the one responsible for that.’ Former Special Forces soldier-turned-bodyguard Charlie Fox will never forget the men who put a brutal end to her military career, but she vowed a long time ago she would not go looking for them. Now she doesn’t have a choice. Her boss and former lover, Sean Meyer, is missing in Iraq where one of those men was working as a private security contractor. When the man’s butchered body is discovered, Charlie fears that Sean may be pursuing a twisted vendetta on her behalf. Sean’s partner in their exclusive New York close-protection agency needs this dealt with—fast and quiet—before everything they’ve worked for is in ruins. He sends Charlie to the Middle East with very specific instructions. At one time Charlie thought she knew...

Genres: Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 18+

'Love is deadlier the second time around.' Ginger and Jack are both former soldiers from the Balkan wars of the 1990s. Time, chance and bloodshed force them apart. Twenty years later chance brings them back together—older, possibly wiser certainly richer. Jack has never married… Ginger has… And the one obstacle in their way is her ex-husband, Franco. The intriguing combination of historical espionage thriller author John Lawton, and action thriller author Zoë Sharp, has produced a gripping crime novella about loyalty, betrayal, love and revenge, with action stretching from the Balkan Wars to modern-day Tuscany, from the glaciers of Iceland to the deceptively calm waters of the Mediterranean.

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 18+

When the evidence speaks, she listens. CSI Grace McColl’s empathy with the victims of violent crime makes her ideally suited to gathering vital clues others might easily overlook. Tell Me is the poignant tale of the meeting between Grace and a young girl attacked in a local park. The victim may be reluctant to tell the CSI who she is and what happened, but the evidence speaks for itself. * * * Zoë Sharp’s short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Strand Magazine, as well as award-winning anthologies in the UK and USA. They have been used in school textbooks, turned into short films, included in many Best Of collections, and nominated twice for the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Short Story Dagger.

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Crime, General Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 18+

A dying confession. Last chance to right an old wrong. In Last Right, a prodigal son, a vanished wife, and a dying patriarch combine in a story of betrayal and revenge on the Mexican border. Zoë Sharp’s short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Strand Magazine, as well as award-winning anthologies in the UK and USA. They have been used in school textbooks, turned into short films, included in many Best Of collections, and nominated twice for the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Short Story Dagger.

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Womens Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

"If Jack Reacher were a woman, he'd be Charlie Fox." So said Lee Child in praise of the fierce, quietly emotional heroine at the heart of Zoe Sharp's thriller series. All-too familiar with the dark underbelly of her northern city, Charlie Fox is no stranger to trouble. No good at being the nice girl her parents wanted, she found her calling in the military, only to be dishonoured and discharged. But Charlie refuses to be a victim again, using hard-won skills to teach self-defence to domestic abuse survivors. Recruited onto the security team of a hot new nightclub by its charismatic owner, Charlie is the only woman on the team. She faces brutal bar fights and constant danger. But as she becomes entangled in the seedy world of the club, she catches the attention of a vicious killer targeting local women. With razor-sharp instincts and unwavering determination, will Charlie's skills...