Third Strike

A Charlie Fox Mystery

Charlie Fox Mysteries (Volume 3)

Zoe Sharp

Minotaur Books

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

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.

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…

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Third Strike
CHAPTER 1I was running when I saw my father kill himself. Not that he jumped off a tall building or stepped in front of a truck but--professionally, personally--what I watched him do was suicide.Although I hadn't been keeping a check of the distance, I reckoned I'd covered around eight miles at that point. Not fast, not slow. Just nicely settled into a rhythm where I could concentrate on working through the pain barrier. After six months' slog, it didn't seem to be getting any less solid, nor any further away.

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“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

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K,  rated it  
Aug 22, 2011
Right from the first sentence I was hooked. The depth of this book, in terms of Charlie's relationships - with her parents, and her issues/history with Sean meant that I couldn't put it down (and that's aside from wanting to know what on earth was going to happen next in the actual story).

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Steve  rated it  
Apr 25, 2011
Excellent. So much so that I discarded my other 'next to reads' and went straight on to the next one in the series Fourth Day. ...more
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Zoe Sharp

Zoë 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. Zoë lives with her husband in Cumbria, England. Please visit her Web site at www.zoesharp.com.

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Third Strike
A Charlie Fox Mystery
Charlie Fox Mysteries (Volume 3)
Zoe Sharp

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St. Martin's Press
Minotaur Books
November 2009
Mass Market Paperbound
ISBN: 9780312358983
ISBN10: 0312358989
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches, 352 pages
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October 2008
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ISBN: 9780312358976
ISBN10: 0312358970
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