Killer Instinct - Hardcover

Sharp, Zoe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0753185709 ISBN 13: 9780753185704

Publisher: Isis Large Print, 2010

Synopsis

Charlie Fox makes a living of sorts teaching self-defence to women. It's a skill she picked up out of necessity having been kicked out of the army for reasons she prefers not to go into. So when Susie Hollins is found dead only a few hours after she mistakenly tussles with Charlie at the New Adelphi Club, she knows it's only a matter of time before the police come calling. Charlie finds herself drawn into the investigation when the Adelphi's enigmatic owner offers her a job.

Charlie has always taught her students to run away from a danger rather than fight unnecessarily. But when the killer starts taking a personal interest in her it becomes clear she isn't going to have that option...

About this title

About the Author

Zoë lives in the English Lake District, and is married. Her hobbies are sailing, fast cars (and faster motorbikes), target shooting, travel, films, music, and reading just about anything she can get her hands on. She and her husband, Andy, who is a non-fiction author, have recently self-built their own house. Lee Child is the #1 best-selling author of the Jack Reacher novels, including GONE TOMORROW.

Review

"Charlie Fox came on strong in Zoë Sharp's early novels but, like a lot of tough girls, softened up with time. Now, thanks to an enterprising small press, we can catch Charlie in the rough. Originally published in 2001, Killer Instinct finds this army-trained martial-arts expert on her first job, working security for a club in an English seaside town. Charlie looks like a made-for-TV model, with her red hair and motorcycle leathers, but Sharp means business. The bloody bar fights are bloody brilliant, and Charlie's skills are both formidable and for real." -- Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review, July 4, 2010

"A solid, very well-written debut... The urban English setting is nicely realised, and grimy enough to make the reader’s skin crawl on occasion, particularly Charlie’s work at the Adelphi Nightclub. And even so early in the series, the action is so well choreographed that you believe every bone crunching impact on the page. Killer Instinct is a sharp, punchy read; a brutally confident start to a series that would continue to evolve in the best possible ways. Busted Flush Press are going to be reprinting the early Fox novels over the next year or so, and you’d be well advised to check them out and get acquainted with one of the most well-defined and convincing series protagonists I’ve encountered in a long time." -- Russel McLean, Crime Scene Scotland

"One of the best crime debuts for years." -- Yorkshire Post
"An exciting... entertaining first novel." -- Sunday Telegraph
"A lively first book from Sharp, written with assurance and panache... a pacy read with a fresh and defiant heroine." -- Manchester Evening News

About this edition

• Publisher: Isis Large Print
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0753185709
• ISBN 13: 9780753185704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464