Die Easy

“If Jack Reacher were a woman, he’d be Charlie Fox.” Lee Child

‘In the sweating heat of Louisiana, 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 another story. Her lover, bodyguard Sean Meyer, has woken from a gunshot-induced coma with his memory in tatters. It seems that piecing back together the relationship they shared is proving harder for him than relearning the intricacies of the close-protection business.

A celebrity fundraising event in aid of still-ravaged areas of New Orleans should have been the ideal opportunity for them both to take things nice and slow. Until, that is, they find themselves thrust into the middle of a war zone.

When an ambitious robbery explodes into a deadly hostage situation, the motive may be far more complex than simple greed. Somebody has a major score to settle, and Sean is part of the reason. Only trouble is, he doesn’t remember why.

And when Charlie finds herself facing a nightmare from her own past, she realises she can’t rely on Sean to watch her back. This time, she’s got to fight it out on her own.

If you like Lee Child but have been looking for strong yet believable female protagonists, who will take down the bad guys without hesitation but who are still human enough to care, then bodyguard Charlie Fox is definitely for you. Readers have found books in this series action-packed thrill rides that kept them glued to the end, well-written, gritty, and hard to put down. A real page-turner.

Author’s Note:

This is Book #10 in the Charlie Fox series. Although I’ve tried hard to make each of the stories stand alone, inevitably Charlie’s history builds up over the course of the novels. If you are new to the series and want to know the full story of Charlie—how she began working with Sean Meyer after their time in the Army—then start at the beginning. If you’re more interested in Charlie’s career as a close-protection operative, then I’d recommend you begin with Book #4, FIRST DROP, when she and her teenage charge find themselves on the run during her first bodyguard job in Florida. 

★★★★★ PRAISE FOR ZOE SHARP AND CHARLIE FOX

*“I highly recommend this series!” Ian Rankin

*“Superb.” Ken Bruen

*"One of the sharpest, coolest, and most intriguing writers I know. She delivers dramatic, action-packed novels with characters we really care about. And once again, in DIE EASY, Zoe Sharp is at the top of her game." Harlan Coben 

*“Sharp's heroine Charlie Fox has to be one of the best characters in the crime thriller genre.” Graham Smith, crimesquad

*“Male and female crime fiction readers alike will find Sharp's writing style addictively readable—one of the very best crime fiction sagas out there.” Paul Goat Allen, Chicago Tribune

*“Charlie Fox is one of the most vivid and engaging heroines ever to swagger onto the pages of a book.” Tess Gerritsen

★★★★★ READER REVIEWS

*“This is not only one of the best thrillers I've ever read, it is one of the best books I've ever read... period. It is one part Die Hard combined with one part Lee Child, one part Joseph Finder, and 12 parts of the best of Zoe Sharp.”

*“Any time you think of the 2 or 3 best thrillers you've ever read, this book will be at the top of the list. I Loved It!”

*“Brilliant book, have read all the books in the Charlie Fox series and loved them all, can't wait for the next one.”

*“If you like James Patterson, Lee Child, Stephen Leather, you will love Zoe Sharp. You won't put this down until you are finished.”

*“Love this series! It just keeps getting better and better.”

Zoë​ ​Sharp opted out of mainstream education at the age of 12 and wrote her first novel at 15. She went through a variety of strange professions before becoming a photojournalist in 1988. It was after receiving death threats in the course of her work that she started writing the first of her award-winning crime thriller series featuring Special Forces dropout-turned-bodyguard, Charlotte 'Charlie' Fox, which has been optioned for film/TV. When not travelling, crewing yachts, riding motorcycles or improvising everyday objects for self-defence purposes, she can be found renovating houses or international pet-sitting. Find out more and sign up for her VIP list at www.ZoeSharp.com, follow her on Twitter, Instagram, or goodreads @AuthorZoeSharp, or Facebook @ZoeSharpAuthor.