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FOX FIVE: a Charlie Fox short story collection [Kindle Edition]

Zoe Sharp
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FOX FIVE is a collection of stories by the highly acclaimed crime thriller writer, Zoë Sharp. All feature her ex-Special Forces soldier turned self-defence expert and bodyguard, Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Fox.

In A Bridge Too Far, we meet Charlie before she’s become a professional in the world of close protection. When she agrees to hang out with the local Dangerous Sports Club, she has no idea it will soon live up to its name.

Postcards From Another Country has Charlie guarding the ultra-rich Dempsey family against attempted assassination – no matter where the danger lies.

A finalist for the CWA Short Story Dagger, Served Cold puts another tough woman centre stage – the mysterious Layla, with betrayal in her past and murder in her heart.

Off Duty finds Charlie taking time away from close protection after injury. She still finds trouble, even in an out-of-season health spa in the Catskill Mountains.

And finally, Truth And Lies puts all Charlie’s skills and ingenuity to the test as she has to single-handedly extract a news team from a rapidly escalating war zone.

Also included: Excerpt from KILLER INSTINCT: Charlie Fox book one, Meet Charlie Fox, Meet Zoë Sharp, info on the other books in the Charlie Fox series.

Praise for Zoë Sharp and Charlie Fox:

‘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

'If you don't like Zoë Sharp there's something wrong with you. Go and live in a cave and get the hell out of my gene pool! There are few writers who go right to the top of my TBR pile − Zoë Sharp is one of them.' Stuart MacBride

'Anyone with a brain wants Charlie Fox for the girl next door. Funny, compassionate, and with moves that can − and do − kill, Charlie is the indelible creation of the remarkable Zoë Sharp.’ Gayle Lynds


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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 214 KB
  • Publisher: Murderati Ink; 1st edition (8 Aug 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B005GKY86G
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #53,101 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fox Five, 16 Aug 2011
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Gloria Feit (Long Beach, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FOX FIVE: a Charlie Fox short story collection (Kindle Edition)
The author, who has written, among other things, nine books in the acclaimed Charlie Fox series, has now published in e-book form what is termed an "e-thology," a collection of five short stories, and an excellent addition it surely is. [It is presently available for a special introductory price of 99 cents.]

The first, "A Bridge Too Far," is, appropriately enough, the very first short story ever written featuring the ex-Special Forces soldier turned self-defense expert/bodyguard, Charlotte ["Charlie"] Fox, whose background further includes teaching self-defense classes for women before ultimately working in "close protection." The plot deals with members of a Dangerous Sports Club who engage in activities which justify its name. The action takes place on a morning in May in Lancashire, in the UK, described, in the author's typically wonderful prose, as an hour when "the last of the dawn mist clung to the dips and hollows [of the valley], and was quiet enough to hear the world turning." Lest this peaceful scene lull the reader, the tale concludes with a stunning ending.

The second story, "Postcards from Another Country," was the second Charlie Fox short story, fittingly, and deals with Charlie's employment by an old-money family, the titular country being "the world of the very wealthy." Close protection in that milieu is more of a challenge than usual, as Charlie finds when she is hired after a failed murder attempt on the male head of the family, whose members have come to believe that money is the answer to everything.

The next tale, "Served Cold," was nominated for the CWA Short Story Dagger Award in 2009. The only one in the collection where Charlie is not front and center, its protagonist is a waitress and stripper. In "Off Duty," the fourth Charlie Fox short story, the incidents there recounted were originally intended for inclusion in the US edition of Book #6, "Second Shot," but ultimately not used as such, and is a sort of lead-in to Book #7, "Third Strike." "Truth and Lies," the concluding piece, was written especially for this "e-thology." The reader is treated to author notes prefacing each short story, giving insights into its origins, as well as bonus material at the end, with biographical details on the author and her masterful creation, Charlie Fox, all of which just makes the reader look forward to the next novel in the series [working title "Die Easy"] that much more. Highly recommended.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant read, 14 Dec 2011
This review is from: FOX FIVE: a Charlie Fox short story collection (Kindle Edition)
Well having been faithful to the Charlie Fox stories so far, I was unsure how I would cope with short stories about Charlie. I needn't have worried, fast paced and full of action, Zoe Sharp has managed to pack the essence of the other amazing stories into smaller epics. I loved the fact that Zoe has tied up some loose ends and linked in characters from the anthologies into this stand alone read.I really appreciated the change of approach in the last story and thats all I will say.

So Top marks!!! Please give it a chance, especially if you aren't into short stories normally like me.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Why is zoe sharp not more well known??, 13 Dec 2011
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I. Rosen "Inez" (St Albans, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FOX FIVE: a Charlie Fox short story collection (Kindle Edition)
I heard Zoe do a reading from one of her books some time ago, bought one of her books and got hooked! Charlie Fox's latest exploits (and in this short story collection, some of her earlier exploits) are as ever entertaining, inspiring and fascinating. If you haven't read her books before this might be an accessible entry point to the character and her complicated life but much better to start to read about her from a full length novel, especially now her first books are available at last on kindle!
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