HARD KNOCKS book 3 The Charlie Fox Thrillers edition by Zoe Sharp Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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HARD KNOCKS is the third in Zoë Sharp’s highly acclaimed Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Fox crime thriller series, now available in e-format for the first time, complete with author’s notes, excerpt from the next Charlie Fox – FIRST DROP – and a bonus excerpt from Libby Fischer Hellmann’s PI Georgia Davis/Ellie Foreman novel, DOUBLEBACK.
‘Perhaps if the army had known what was inside me, what I would eventually turn into, they might not have been so keen to let me go.’
Charlie really didn’t care who shot dead her traitorous ex-army comrade Kirk Salter 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 to Kirk she just can’t bring herself to refuse.
Keeping her nerve isn’t easy when events bring back fears and memories she’s worked so hard to forget. It’s clear there are secrets at Einsbaden Manor that people are willing to kill to conceal. Some of the students on this particular course seem to have more on their minds than simply learning about close protection. Subjects like revenge, and murder. And what’s the connection between the school and the recent spate of vicious kidnappings that have left a trail of bodies halfway across Europe?
To find out what’s going on, Charlie must face up to her past and move quickly before she becomes the next casualty. She expected training to be tough, but can she graduate from this school of hard knocks alive?
Praise for HARD KNOCKS and Charlie Fox
‘If you only know Charlie Fox from First Drop, Second Shot, and Third Strike, you don’t know Charlie. What you’ve got in your hands is a rare and special treat. It’s like finding some lost Jack Reacher novel or a couple of non-alphabet Kinsey Millhones that nobody knew existed. Don’t let anyone tear it from your hands without drawing their blood. These early Zoë Sharp books haven’t been a secret, but they’ve been harder-to-get than Charlie Fox in your bed. Think of these as the early years of Charlie Fox − she’s lethal and relentless, but still raw from the military experience that made her the kick-ass, take-no-prisoners bodyguard that she’s become. But there’s more going on in these books than breakneck action and adventure. Charlie has heart, maybe too much for a woman in her profession ... and it’s that caring, that humanity, that makes her much more than a killer babe on a motorbike. These books are your chance to discover Charlie Fox as she discovers herself, her strengths and her weaknesses, and sustains the scars to her body and soul that make her such a unique and compelling character.’ US crime author and TV producer, Lee Goldberg
‘A fast moving, well-written, excellent read... well worth recommending.’ The Bookseller
‘If you’re looking for an author who can deliver high-octane thrills every time and a character who is NOT to be messed with, you’ve found them. Zoë Sharp and Charlie Fox both kick ass.’ Mark Billingham
‘Ill-tempered, aggressive and borderline psychotic, Fox is also compassionate, introspective and highly principled arguably one of the most enigmatic − and coolest − heroines in contemporary genre fiction.’ Paul Goat Allen, Chicago Tribune
HARD KNOCKS book 3 The Charlie Fox Thrillers edition by Zoe Sharp Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
Book three of the Charlie Fox series puts Charlie at a bodyguard training school in Germany. From the start there is intrigue and mystery, plus a deepening of the complicated relationship between Charlie and Sean. It's been quite a journey so far, from book one - Killer Instinct - to this, and I've enjoyed Charlie's growth as a character and uncovering along with her the many facets of her back story. This novel has many surprises in store, it's fast paced, and exciting.I have literally devoured these books. Once I start one, I don't want to put it down, and I don't want it to end. Within a day or two of finishing one, I've moved on to the next. It may be because of the excellent characterization of Charlie. I think of her as a female Jack Keller, or Reacher, and in the middle of each book, I not only want to read about her, I want to "BE" her. She's fascinating; compassionate, yet hard nosed in a way I really admire.
Because of the setting, the action, and the intensifying drama, this is one of my favorites so far.
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HARD KNOCKS book 3 The Charlie Fox Thrillers edition by Zoe Sharp Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
Loved this book. Loved the story and Charlie's continued struggles with her 'talents' and what she views as the morality of her actions. It was interesting to read a story that develops mostly in one place and see how the plot evolves and comes to an unexpected conclusion. I don't do too many reviews because I really don't like to give plots away to prospective readers. What I can do is give my opinion, and, in this case, my opinion is that Hard Knocks is a terrific story, full of action and intrigue, with a few unexpected twists that will keep your attention all the way to the end. I enjoyed it so much that, as soon as I was done, I went ahead and purchased book five.
I think this is my favorite Charlie Fox book so far.
The relationship between Charlie and her former instructor/lover Sean is more front and centre. We get to see them in action together again, fighting off the bad guys. They also get closer personally and are break through some of the barriers keeping them apart. (This is the romance fan in me talking). Give us more of that!
As with the other two books, the action scenes in the book come fast and furious and we get to see Charlie kick some butt (even though she's supposed to be making herself inconspicuous. Fox fans will know she can't do that for long.
Loved the setting for this one too, and the great high speed race along the autobahn to save the girl (not Charlie, of course).
I found the ending of this book the most satisfying of the three I've read so far. Sharp's writing shines.
I'm already onto book four!
I love Charlie Fox, okay? I think she's a fantastic character. But I've now read three of the series, and it just seems to me that the stories are all the same. No, they aren't the same, there's different crimes, different stories, ....but they all seemed the same.
I enjoyed the first two novels in the series, but by the end of the second novel, I was beginning to want Charlie Fox to do something else, find someone else, move to ...I don't know, Alabama? Anything.
But to be fair, and I mean it, Zoe Sharp is a good writer, she uses the language quite well, and I wish her the best.
Patrick
This is the best of the bunch so far. A good plot, plenty of action and suspense, a relentless pace. However Charlie remains elusive. On the one hand almost supernatural skills and reflexes - a female Reacher if you like, which would explain the resounding endorsement of Lee Child in the first book. On the other, endless and tedious soul searching. It is still a good read, but the spectacular ending defies logic and too many characters reacting .. out of character.
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The phrase "cozy mystery" brings the image of my Aunt Mabel sipping tea by the fire on a rainy day while reading a mystery featuring a heroine of her age and gentleness. As you might have already guessed--I've never read a cozy mystery.*
Zoë Sharp provides something a good deal more to my liking the cozy thriller. NOT about, or for, tea-sipping aunties. But more about Cozy Thrillers later. Hard Knocks is the third in the Charlie Fox series and Ms. Sharp's great writing just keeps getting better. For openers, here's the opener
It rained on the day of Kirk Salter's funeral. Hard cold rain, close to sleet. Driven down off the moors by a frenzied wind, it rampaged through the gravestones of the bleak little Yorkshire churchyard and buffeted the sparse group of mourners clustered round the open grave.
My regular readers will recall how much I liked Riot Act because of the humor, the thrills, and the exceptionally well portrayed parental relationship. Hard Knocks starts out with our heroine suffering through the happy holidays with her folks. Her explanation for why she puts up with them
Still, it's amazing what the prospect of being homeless at Christmas does to your pride.
Ah yes, seems her apartment was burned to a crisp. How did that happen? Just a page in and you find a fistful of questions.
From there she takes us to a training camp for personal bodyguards. I was thinking of going to one myself (though at my age I was thinking mostly about coming home Wheel chair? Body bag? Stretcher?) to improve my knowledge of close-protection. Now I don't have to. She set the scene with such clarity that you're out of breath on the first morning's run and feeling the bruised kidneys that evening. The first third of the story is a fascinating and perfect lesson in all aspects of the bodyguard business.
Ms. Sharp's description of the training is so interesting you'll barely notice the intriguing clues that make up the heart of the mystery. A distant kidnapping, a strange warning, an ineffective attack, a few things that don't quite add up. Ms. Sharp will lull you into a comfortable routine at the training facility. Everything's nice and cozy you have a few clues, a few suspects and you're working on the resolution. You think you have it under control.
When the bad guys invade your comfy pages, you're shocked. And that's why I call it a cozy thriller. You feel cozy, fascinated and comfortable, right up to the point where all hell breaks loose.
The action develops with unexpected twists and turns. Ms. Sharp's fight scenes went from very good in her early books to incredibly good in this one. You will feel the bones breaking, the tendons tearing, your dinner turning over in your tummy. The shooting scenes will make you sweat. The tension between villains and good guys is realistic, you will never say, `wait a minute, that could never happen'. And, best of all, you will keep turning the pages.
Note to male readers be forewarned, we nearly have the breakout of a romance novel--complete with feelings, recriminations, and equivocations. But Ms. Sharp was merciful. While she had plenty of romantic backstory from the first two books to draw from, none of the `relationship' passages were so long you couldn't skim your way out of it in a few seconds. Guys-Grade A, for expected romantic interludes that are not enough to make you put the book down and say, ugh (see Twilight... ugh).
Note to female readers This is a thriller (the genre notorious for fights, car chases, and violence) not a romance novel. For this genre, I'd give it a Girls-Grade A+, for fascinating sexual tension with depth of emotion and hope--springing eternal.
Bottom Line Great series. Great Book. Highly recommended.
And I'm excited about reading more of Ms. Sharp's work. When my son was four years old, we were taking down the Christmas decorations and had to reassure him that they would not be thrown away, they would be stored until `next year'. He started jumping up and down, clapping his hands and giggling with delight. He ran to tell his big sister, "Guess what! Guess what! Christmas comes every year! Yay!"
I had a similar epiphany when writing this review. I visited Ms. Sharp's site to research how many books she has out there and discovered Not only do I have SEVEN MORE BOOKS to read, but she writes SHORT STORIES TOO! Yay!
Peace, Seeley
*Unless you want to qualify Alan Bradley's fine series of mysterious events solved by Flavia DeLuce as cozy... but I think Flavia would make you awfully uncomfortable if you did.
Special NOTE MY REVIEWS ARE MY REACTIONS TO THE BOOKS I READ and not a response to the voices in my head. I have no relationship, financial or familial, with the authors. I do not expect, but would not refuse, any reciprocal reviews or recommendations. Just sayin.
Hard Knocks
Book three of the Charlie Fox series puts Charlie at a bodyguard training school in Germany. From the start there is intrigue and mystery, plus a deepening of the complicated relationship between Charlie and Sean. It's been quite a journey so far, from book one - Killer Instinct - to this, and I've enjoyed Charlie's growth as a character and uncovering along with her the many facets of her back story. This novel has many surprises in store, it's fast paced, and exciting.
I have literally devoured these books. Once I start one, I don't want to put it down, and I don't want it to end. Within a day or two of finishing one, I've moved on to the next. It may be because of the excellent characterization of Charlie. I think of her as a female Jack Keller, or Reacher, and in the middle of each book, I not only want to read about her, I want to "BE" her. She's fascinating; compassionate, yet hard nosed in a way I really admire.
Because of the setting, the action, and the intensifying drama, this is one of my favorites so far.
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