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OverviewIn this heart-pounding follow-up to the electrifying Second Shot, Sharp's heroine, professional bodyguard Charlie Fox, must unravel a most deadly concoction of blackmail, treachery and murder, in order to save her own father. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Zoe SharpPublisher: St Martin's Press Imprint: St Martin's Press Dimensions: Width: 10.40cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 16.80cm Weight: 0.159kg ISBN: 9780312358983ISBN 10: 0312358989 Pages: 340 Publication Date: 03 November 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsZoe Sharp's Charlie Fox is the real deal. - Lee Child Get set for a roller-coaster ride. - Library Journal (starred review) Breathlessly compelling... Third Strike will keep you turning pages till dawn. - Jeffery Deaver Addictively readable. Breakneck pacing...this [is] one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there. - Chicago Tribune Zoe Sharp's Charlie Fox is the real deal. - Lee Child Get set for a roller-coaster ride. - Library Journal (starred review) Breathlessly compelling... Third Strike will keep you turning pages till dawn. - Jeffery Deaver Addictively readable. Breakneck pacing...this [is] one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there. - Chicago Tribune Outstanding Praise for Zoe Sharp and the Charlie Fox Thrillers Breathlessly compelling and utterly real, Third Strike will keep you turning pages till dawn. - Jeffery Deaver Zoe Sharp's Charlie Fox is the real deal. Highly recommended. - Lee Child Arguably one of the most enigmatic -- and coolest -- heroines in contemporary genre fiction. Male and female crime fiction fans alike will find Sharp's writing style addictively readable. Breakneck pacing and a surprising undercurrent of wry wit make this one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there. - Chicago Tribune on Third Strike Get set for a roller-coaster ride...Sharp captures readers on the first page and doesn't let go. Charlie is something of a reincarnation of Modesty Blaise. Highly recommended. - Library Journal (starred review) on Third Strike Expertly captures the frenetic energy of New York without sacrificing [Sharp's] trademark British wit. Charlie is as tough as she is damaged, and readers will kill for the next installment. - Publishers Weekly on Third Strike A female version of Lee Child's Jack Reacher - Charlie Fox is tough, no-nonsense and more than capable of breaking heads when the occasion requires it. The action in Third Strike always keeps the momentum moving and the stakes high.... a fast-paced, entertaining ride. - Chicago Sun-Times Stunning . . . Sharp's aim is dead on. Action-packed, tightly plotted . . . irresistible. This crisp, original thriller should win Sharp plenty of American fans. - Publishers Weekly (starred review) on First Drop Second Shot crackles with suspense, showcasing crisp prose, plenty ofplot twists, and a heroine who adds new meaning to the term femme fatale. - Booklist (starred review) Charlie Fox is fast becoming the must-read heroine of mystery. - Ken Bruen, author of Once Were Cops Sharp is a writer of extraordinary skill. I felt I was right there with Charlie.... The action is vivid, and Charlie is a most realistic and engaging hero. I can't wait to see how the last scene in this book plays out in the next in the series. - Deadly Pleasures on Third Strike Zoe Sharp is one of the best novelists in the business, and her hero Charlie Fox---comparable to Lee Child's Jack Reacher---is arguably the most complex, endearing and believable protagonist to grace the pages of a thriller in years. Fans of Child, Coben and Connelly will find Sharp's Charlie Fox novels addictive reading. - Chicago Tribune on Second Shot Zoe Sharp is going to be a superstar. - Jon Jordan, Crimespree Magazine Outstanding Praise for Zoe Sharp and the Charlie Fox Thrillers <br> Breathlessly compelling and utterly real, Third Strike will keep you turning pages till dawn. <br>- Jeffery Deaver <br> Zoe Sharp's Charlie Fox is the real deal. Highly recommended. <br>- Lee Child <br> Arguably one of the most enigmatic -- and coolest -- heroines in contemporary genre fiction. Male and female crime fiction fans alike will find Sharp's writing style addictively readable. Breakneck pacing and a surprising undercurrent of wry wit make this one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there. <br>- Chicago Tribune on Third Strike <br> Get set for a roller-coaster ride...Sharp captures readers on the first page and doesn't let go. Charlie is something of a reincarnation of Modesty Blaise. Highly recommended. <br>- Library Journal (starred review) on Third Strike <br> Expertly captures the frenetic energy of New York without sacrificing [Sharp's] trademark British wit. Charlie is as tough as she is damaged, and readers will kill for the next installment. <br>- Publishers Weekly on Third Strike <br> A female version of Lee Child's Jack Reacher - Charlie Fox is tough, no-nonsense and more than capable of breaking heads when the occasion requires it. The action in Third Strike always keeps the momentum moving and the stakes high.... a fast-paced, entertaining ride. <br> - Chicago Sun-Times <br> Stunning . . . Sharp's aim is dead on. Action-packed, tightly plotted . . . irresistible. This crisp, original thriller should win Sharp plenty of American fans. <br>- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on First Drop<br> <br> Second Shot crackles with suspense, showcasing crisp prose, plenty ofplot twists, and a heroine who adds new meaning to the term femme fatale. <br>- Booklist (starred review) <br> Charlie Fox is fast becoming the must-read heroine of mystery. <br>- Ken Bruen, author of Once Were Cops <br> Sharp is a writer of extraordinary skill. I felt I was right there with Charlie.... The action is vivid, and Charlie is a most realistic and engaging hero. I can't wait to see how the last scene in this book plays out in the next in the series. <br>- Deadly Pleasures on Third Strike <br> Zoe Sharp is one of the best novelists in the business, and her hero Charlie Fox---comparable to Lee Child's Jack Reacher---is arguably the most complex, endearing and believable protagonist to grace the pages of a thriller in years. Fans of Child, Coben and Connelly will find Sharp's Charlie Fox novels addictive reading. <br>- Chicago Tribune on Second Shot <br> Zoe Sharp is going to be a superstar. <br>- Jon Jordan, Crimespree Magazine <p> Zoe Sharp's Charlie Fox is the real deal. <br>- Lee Child<br><br> Get set for a roller-coaster ride. <br>- Library Journal (starred review)<br><br> Breathlessly compelling... Third Strike will keep you turning pages till dawn. <br>- Jeffery Deaver<br><br> Addictively readable. Breakneck pacing...this [is] one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there. <br>- Chicago Tribune Zoe Sharp's Charlie Fox is the real deal. - Lee Child Get set for a roller-coaster ride. - Library Journal (starred review) Breathlessly compelling... Third Strike will keep you turning pages till dawn. - Jeffery Deaver Addictively readable. Breakneck pacing...this [is] one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there. - Chicago Tribune <p>“Zoë Sharp’s Charlie Fox is the real deal.”<br>- Lee Child <br>“Get set for a roller-coaster ride.”<br>- Library Journal (starred review) <br>“Breathlessly compelling… Third Strike will keep you turning pages till dawn.”<br>- Jeffery Deaver <br>“Addictively readable. Breakneck pacing…this [is] one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there.”<br>- Chicago Tribune """Zoe Sharp's Charlie Fox is the real deal."" - Lee Child ""Get set for a roller-coaster ride."" - ""Library Journal"" (starred review) ""Breathlessly compelling...""Third Strike ""will keep you turning pages till dawn."" - Jeffery Deaver ""Addictively readable. Breakneck pacing...this [is] one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there."" - ""Chicago Tribune"" “Zoë Sharp’s Charlie Fox is the real deal.” - Lee Child “Get set for a roller-coaster ride.” - ""Library Journal"" (starred review) “Breathlessly compelling…""Third Strike ""will keep you turning pages till dawn.” - Jeffery Deaver “Addictively readable. Breakneck pacing…this [is] one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there.” - ""Chicago Tribune"" Outstanding Praise for Zoe Sharp and the Charlie Fox Thrillers ""Breathlessly compelling and utterly real, ""Third Strike ""will keep you turning pages till dawn."" - Jeffery Deaver ""Zoe Sharp's Charlie Fox is the real deal. Highly recommended."" - Lee Child ""Arguably one of the most enigmatic -- and coolest -- heroines in contemporary genre fiction. Male and female crime fiction fans alike will find Sharp's writing style addictively readable. Breakneck pacing and a surprising undercurrent of wry wit make this one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there."" - ""Chicago Tribune"" on ""Third Strike """"Get set for a roller-coaster ride...Sharp captures readers on the first page and doesn't let go. Charlie is something of a reincarnation of Modesty Blaise. Highly recommended."" - ""Library Journal"" (starred review) on ""Third Strike """"Expertly captures the frenetic energy of New York without sacrificing [Sharp's] trademark British wit. Charlie is as tough as she is damaged, and readers will kill for the next installment."" - ""Publishers Weekly"" on ""Third Strike """"A female version of Lee Child's Jack Reacher - Charlie Fox is tough, no-nonsense and more than capable of breaking heads when the occasion requires it. The action in ""Third Strike"" always keeps the momentum moving and the stakes high.... a fast-paced, entertaining ride."" ""- Chicago Sun-Times """"Stunning . . . Sharp's aim is dead on. Action-packed, tightly plotted . . . irresistible. This crisp, original thriller should win Sharp plenty of American fans."" - ""Publishers Weekly"" (starred review) on ""First Drop "" """"Second Shot ""crackles with suspense, showcasing crisp prose, plenty ofplot twists, and a heroine who adds new meaning to the term femme fatale."" - ""Booklist"" (starred review) ""Charlie Fox is fast becoming the must-read heroine of mystery."" - Ken Bruen, author of ""Once Were Cops """"Sharp is a writer of extraordinary skill. I felt I was right there with Charlie.... The action is vivid, and Charlie is a most realistic and engaging hero. I can't wait to see how the last scene in this book plays out in the next in the series."" - ""Deadly Pleasures"" on ""Third Strike """"Zoe Sharp is one of the best novelists in the business, and her hero Charlie Fox---comparable to Lee Child's Jack Reacher---is arguably the most complex, endearing and believable protagonist to grace the pages of a thriller in years. Fans of Child, Coben and Connelly will find Sharp's Charlie Fox novels addictive reading."" - ""Chicago"""" Tribune"" on ""Second Shot """"Zoe Sharp is going to be a superstar."" - Jon Jordan, ""Crimespree Magazine""" Author Information"Zoe Sharp is the author of the Barry Award Finalist ""First Drop ""and ""Second Shot. ""Having 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. The author went through a variety of jobs in her teenage years before becoming a freelance photojournalist in 1988. Zoe lives with her husband in Cumbria, England." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |