Third Strike (Charlie Fox Series #7) »

Zoe Sharp is the author of Barry Award finalist First Drop and Second Shot. She 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. Zo? went through a variety of jobs in her teenage years, before becoming a freelance photojournalist in 1988. She lives with her husband in Cumbria, England, where she is hard at work on her next novel. Visit her Web site at www.zoesharp.com.

This time, dynamite suspense writer Zoë Sharp’s “must-read heroine of mystery” (Ken Bruen) is down—but not out…

“Get set for a roller-coaster ride.”—Library Journal (starred review)

The last person that professional bodyguard, Charlotte “Charlie” Fox ever expected to see self-destruct was her own father, an eminent surgeon. But when he admits to gross professional misconduct on a New York news program, Charlie can’t just stand by and watch his downfall.

“Breathlessly compelling…Third Strike will keep you turning pages till dawn.”—Jeffery Deaver

Her father has always been cold towards Charlie, and rejects her help at every turn. The good doctor has never made a secret of his disapproval of Charlie’s career—or her relationship with her boss, Sean Meyer. Now, just as Charlie and Sean are settling in to their new life in the States, her dad seems determined to go down in a blazing lack of glory. But he has not bargained on his daughter’s ruthless streak. And when the game turns deadly, Charlie will need to stake her father’s life—as well as her own—against a formidable foe…

“Addictively readable. Breakneck pacing…this [is] one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there.”—Chicago Tribune