First Drop

Zoe Sharp

Macmillan, Aug 28, 2007 - Fiction - 352 pages

As hair-raising as a roller-coaster ride, First Drop skyrockets Zoë Sharp to the top of that exclusive list of suspense writers who are going places fast.
 
“Sharp’s aim is dead-on—STUNNING.”—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
After a tour of duty in the British Army, twenty-six year old Charlie Fox has excellent marksmanship and a sixth sense for danger. She also has an ex-lover, Sean, who runs a protection agency and makes her a business offer she can’t refuse: To go to the United States and look after the teenage son of a high-profile computer whiz.
 
“Today’s best action heroine.”—Lee Child
The assignment should have been a cakewalk. But that was before Charlie and her charge, Trey, visit a Florida amusement park and encounter armed kidnappers who are dead-set on getting their way—and taking Trey with them.
 
“Intense . . . a nail-biting chase.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
The last thing anyone expected was a determined attempt on Trey’s life. But soon Charlie discovers that not only has Trey’s father gone missing, Sean and his entire bodyguard team have fallen off the map as well. Now it’s up to Charlie—alone in an unknown territory, with no one she can trust—to protect Trey, and herself, against all imaginable odds….before the enemy strikes again.
 
“THE MUST-READ HEROINE OF MYSTERY.”—KEN BRUEN

What people are saying

Review: First Drop (Charlie Fox #4)

User Review  - Allison - Goodreads

The plot progression was fierce, in a good way so it really was a decent thriller. The characters felt plastic--and one of them was an atrocious teenager. I got through most of the book and with about 10 pages to go realized I really didn't care what happened to them. Oh well.

Review: First Drop (Charlie Fox #4)

User Review  - Dina - Goodreads

Excellent action scenes and awesome setting. You can tell Sharp spent a good deal of time in Florida to get the atmosphere down. It also began with the main action and not a false-start like the ...

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 27
• Section 3: 42
• Section 4: 55
• Section 5: 66
• Section 6: 78
• Section 7: 88
• Section 8: 102
• Section 9: 117
• Section 10: 131
• Section 11: 147
• Section 12: 161
• Section 13: 175
• Section 14: 185
• Section 15: 196
• Section 16: 210
• Section 17: 220
• Section 18: 233
• Section 19: 249
• Section 20: 263
• Section 21: 273
• Section 22: 287
• Section 23: 299
• Section 24: 312
• Section 25: 323
• Section 26: 337

About the author

Zoë Sharp 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. She 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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: First Drop; Issue 1 of Charlie Fox Mysteries
• Author: Zoe Sharp
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2007
• ISBN: 0312937040, 9780312937041
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Thrillers / General; Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense