Zoe Sharp

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  • Bibliography:
    32 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2001
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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About the Author

Zoe Sharp was born in Nottinghamshire, but spent most of her formative years living on a catamaran on the northwest coast of England. She opted out of mainstream education at the age of twelve and became a freelance photojournalist in 1988. She turned to writing crime after receiving death-threat letters in the course of her work, which led to the creation of her no-nonsense heroine, Charlie Fox. The fourth book in the series , First Drop, was nominated for the 2005 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel. Zoe lives on the edge of the Lake District, where she and her husband, a non-fiction writer, have recently built their own house.

Full Series List in Order

A Blake and Byron Thriller

1 - The Last Time She Died (Oct-2021)

A Charlie Fox Thriller

0.5 - Trial Under Fire (Aug-2021)
1 - Killer Instinct (Sep-2001)
2 - Riot Act (Sep-2002)
3 - Hard Knocks (Mar-2003)
4 - First Drop (Jan-2004)
5 - Road Kill (Oct-2005)
6 - Second Shot (Sep-2007)
7 - Third Strike (Oct-2008)
8 - Fourth Day (Feb-2011)
9 - Fifth Victim (Jan-2012)
10 - Die Easy (Jan-2013)
10.5 - Absence of Light and Other Stories (Dec-2013)
11 - Fox Hunter (Aug-2017)
12 - Bad Turn (Oct-2019)

CSI Grace McColl & Detective Nick Weston Lakes

1 - Dancing On The Grave (Jun-2018)
2 - Bones In The River (Jun-2020)

Book List in Order: 32 titles

  • Killer Instinct

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 1

    “One of the best crime debuts in years.” -- Yorkshire Post

    “An exciting . . . entertaining first novel.” -- The Sunday Telegraph

    Introducing a tough new heroine in thriller fiction -- Zoë Sharp's Charlie Fox! Charlie makes a l...

  • Riot Act

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 2

    Charlie Fox is dog-sitting for a friend, only to find that the friend's housing complex is being terrorized by violent gangs. Desperate and frightened, the residents have hired a freelance security firm, whose bully-boy tactics aren't a whole lot mor...

  • Hard Knocks

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 3

    HARD KNOCKS is the third in Zoë Sharp's highly acclaimed Charlotte 'Charlie' Fox crime thriller series, 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...

  • First Drop

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 4

    It should have been an easy introduction to Charlie Fox's new career as a bodyguard, working for the personal protection agency run by her ex-lover, Sean Meyer. Their trip to Florida together should have been a working holiday--and a chance to build ...

  • Road Kill

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 5

    Still bearing the scars from her first body guarding job in the States, Charlie Fox returns to her former home to try to work out her future. Instead of the peace she's hoping for, Charlie is immediately caught up in the aftermath of a fatal bike cra...

  • Second Shot

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 6

    "Take it from me, getting yourself shot hurts like hell." When the latest assignment for ex--Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard Charlie Fox, ends in a bloody shootout in a frozen forest of New Hampshire, she's left fighting for her life, with h...

  • Third Strike

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 7

    "I 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." The last person that professional bodyguard, Charl...

  • Fourth Day

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 8

    For bodyguard Charlie Fox, protecting the innocent is the only thing holding her traumatic past at bay. To cope with wrenching personal loss and guilt, she helps extract a grieving father from a notorious cult in the California desert. But what her t...

  • Fifth Victim

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 9

    Luxury is no safe place… Guarding a wayward heiress on Long Island's wealthiest playground is the perfect assignment for Charlie Fox. With her partner in a coma and his shooter on the loose, she needs a distraction from the tormenting guilt she ...



  • Die Easy

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 10

    In the sweltering heat of New Orleans, former Special Forces soldier-turned-bodyguard Charlie Fox faces her toughest challenge yet. Professionally, she’s at the top of her game, but her personal life is in ruins. Her lover, bodyguard Sean Meyer,...

  • A Triple Shot of Charlie Fox

    A TRIPLE SHOT of Charlie Fox is a special e-boxed set of the first three novels in the Charlie Fox series by bestselling crime thriller author, Zoë Sharp ―KILLER INSTINCT, RIOT ACT, and HARD KNOCKS, including a Foreword to KILLER INSTINCT by Lee C...

  • Fox Five

    ROAD KILL is the fifth 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 " SECOND SHOT " and a bon...

  • The Night Butterflies

    The Night Butterflies is a standalone short story by the highly acclaimed crime thriller writer, Zoë Sharp. First published in the ACTION anthology, edited by Matt Hilton, it’s the story of a man who thought he’d left his violent past behind him...

  • Across The Broken Line

    Across The Broken Line is a short story by the highly acclaimed crime thriller writer, Zoë Sharp. Never before published, it features her ex-Special Forces soldier turned self-defence expert and bodyguard, Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Fox.In Across The B...

  • A Bridge Too Far

    A Bridge Too Far is a short story by the highly acclaimed crime thriller writer, Zoë Sharp. Published in e-format as part of the FOX FIVE short story collection, it features her ex-Special Forces soldier turned self-defence expert and bodyguard, Cha...

  • Last Right

    Last Right is a standalone short story by the highly acclaimed crime thriller writer, Zoë Sharp, author of the bestselling series featuring ex-Special Forces soldier turned self-defence expert and bodyguard, Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Fox.In Last Right...

  • Off Duty

    Off Duty is a short story by the highly acclaimed crime thriller writer, Zoë Sharp. Published in e-format as part of the FOX FIVE short story collection, it features her ex-Special Forces soldier turned self-defence expert and bodyguard, Charlotte ...

  • Postcards From Another Country

    Postcards From Another Country is a short story by the highly acclaimed crime thriller writer, Zoë Sharp. Published in e-format as part of the FOX FIVE short story collection, it features her ex-Special Forces soldier turned self-defence expert and ...

  • Served Cold

    Served Cold is a short story by the highly acclaimed crime thriller writer, Zoë Sharp. Published in e-format as part of the FOX FIVE short story collection, it features her ex-Special Forces soldier turned self-defence expert and bodyguard, Charlott...



  • Tell Me

    Tell Me is a standalone short story by the highly acclaimed crime thriller writer, Zoë Sharp, author of the bestselling series featuring ex-Special Forces soldier turned self-defence expert and bodyguard, Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Fox.In Tell Me CSI G...

  • Truth And Lies

    Truth And Lies is a short story by the highly acclaimed crime thriller writer, Zoë Sharp. Published in e-format as part of the FOX FIVE short story collection, it features her ex-Special Forces soldier turned self-defence expert and bodyguard, Charl...

  • The Blood Whisperer

    Nothing stings like betrayal. Kelly Jacks had a lover''s bond with evidence. The driest, most anti-septic crime scene would spread open for her, yielding its secrets. No wonder the cops called her the Blood Whisperer. And then it all went...

  • Rules of Engagement

    Rules of Engagement is a standalone short story by the highly acclaimed crime thriller writer, Zoë Sharp. First published in the Crime Writers’ Association anthology, ORIGINAL SINS, edited by Martin Edwards. Also includes the first 22 percent of S...

  • Absence of Light and Other Stories

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 10.5

    Natural disaster. Unnatural death. Welcome to Charlie Fox’s life. In this riveting crime thriller series, “Zoë Sharp and Charlie Fox both kick ass” (Mark Billingham, international bestselling author). There you were, just minding your own busi...

  • Fox Hunter

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 11

    In the latest novel in this energetic series, ex-special forces soldier Charlie Fox finds herself on a mission to the Iraqi countryside to track down a missing comrade-in-arms. Special forces soldier-turned-bodyguard Charlotte “Charlie” Fox ca...

  • Dancing On The Grave

    CSI Grace McColl & Detective Nick Weston Lakes - 1

    In one of the most beautiful corners of England, something very bad is about to take place.A sniper with a mission…a young cop with nothing to lose…a CSI with everything to prove…a teenage girl with a terrifying obsess...

  • Bad Turn

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 12

    Ex-Special Forces trainee turned bodyguard Charlotte 'Charlie' Fox is back in this, her 13th adventure.“If Jack Reacher were a woman, he’d be Charlie Fox.” -- Lee ChildOne bad turn…deserves another.Charlie Fox has quit her job in close protec...

  • Bones In The River

    CSI Grace McColl & Detective Nick Weston Lakes - 2

    Driving on a country road late at night,you hit a child.There are no witnesses.You have EVERYTHING to lose.What do you do?The traditional Appleby Horse Fair hosts the largest gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe.The sudden influx of more tha...

  • Fox Five Reloaded

    'Charlie Fox. In short bites. With sharp teeth.'This short story collection follows ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard, Charlotte 'Charlie' Fox, from a disused viaduct in Lancashire, via the wilds of Dartmoor, swanky Long Island, and a spa ho...



  • Trial Under Fire

    A Charlie Fox Thriller - 0.5

    The last thing she expected, when she headed out on routine patrol that day, was to end up riding into a firefight, on horseback, with the Spice Girls...Before she was a bodyguard, she was a soldier.Charlie Fox is one of the toughest cookies you coul...

  • The Last Time She Died

    A Blake and Byron Thriller - 1

    ‘Oh My GOD. What is this book?? I could not put it down!… Kept me up until the wee hours! Read this!’ LauraReviews88, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ She came back on the day of her father’s funeral, ten years after she vanished. But she can’t be who she s...

  • The Girl in the Dark

    The woman falls. Her body begins to shake. Her brown eyes turn upwards, showing a mix of panic and desperate hope. She takes a deep breath and says one word: Blake. Then her eyes close, her face pales, and she goes still forever...The victim: Shannon...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Zoe Sharp has published 32 books.

Zoe Sharp does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Girl in the Dark, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Zoe Sharp, Killer Instinct, was published in September 2001.

Yes. Zoe Sharp has 3 series.
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