If, however, you want the full story of what happened to Charlie after she left the Army, and how she found her way into close protection, you’ll want to start at the beginning, with KILLER INSTINCT: #1, or CHARLIE FOX: THE EARLY YEARS eBoxset #1.
the Lakes Crime Thriller trilogy
DANCING ON THE GRAVE: #1 A sniper with a mission, a CSI with something to prove, a young cop with nothing to lose, and a teenage girl with a terrifying obsession. The calm of the English Lake District is about to be shattered.
BONES IN THE RIVER: #2 Driving on a country road, late at night, you hit a child. There are no witnesses. You have everything to lose. What do you do?
standalone crime thrillers
THE BLOOD WHISPERER Six years ago CSI Kelly Jacks woke next to a butchered body with the knife in her hands and no memory of what happened. She trusted the evidence would prove her innocent. It didn’t. Is history now repeating itself?
AN ITALIAN JOB (with John Lawton) Former soldiers Gina and Jack are about to discover that love is far deadlier the second time around.
NEW: the Blake & Byron crime series
THE LAST TIME SHE DIED (Oct 2021) 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. Because we killed her. Didn’t we?
Dedication
for all those who were there
* * *
First published in Great Britain 2021
by
ZACE
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zace.ltd@gmail.com
Copyright © Zoë Sharp 2021
The moral right of the author has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the author, nor otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than in which it is published.
ISBN-13: 978-1-909344-41-9
All characters and events in this novel, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Contents
Preface
Also by Zoë Sharp
Author’s Note
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Epilogue
Afterword
About Zoë Sharp
Acknowledgements
The stories so far…