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    Killer Instinct

    By Zoe Sharp and Lee Child

    3.5/5

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    First in the slam-bang series featuring a bodyguard with special forces skills. “If Jack Reacher were a woman, he’d be Charlie Fox.” —Lee Child

    Charlie Fox was no good at being the nice girl her parents wanted, so she joined Her Majesty’s military and acquired a new set of skills. Now she puts them to use teaching self-defense to battered women in a refuge. Her talents come in even handier when she takes a job working security at the New Adelphi, a hot new club with an enigmatic owner. And they come in handiest of all when a rapist appears to be targeting the women at the refuge, and someone with a very nasty line in knife-work starts stalking Charlie’s friends.

    Praise for Zoë Sharp and the Charlie Fox series

    “Zoë Sharp is one of the sharpest, coolest, and most intriguing writers I know. She delivers dramatic, action-packed novels with characters we really care about.” —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author

    “The bloody bar fights are bloody brilliant and Charlie’s skills are formidable and for real.” —The New York Times

    “As action-packed and streamlined as the Suzuki the main character, a self-defense expert, rides. Zoë Sharp has an apt last name.” —David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author

    “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.” —Chicago Tribune

    “I highly recommend this series!” —Ian Rankin, New York Times bestselling author

    “Sharp’s heroine Charlie Fox has to be one of the best characters in the crime thriller genre.” —CrimeSquad
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateOct 8, 2015
    ISBN9781631940835
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    Killer Instinct
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    Zoe Sharp

    Zoe Sharp, the author of the Charlie Fox thrillers, has been nominated for numerous awards including the Edgar, Anthony, Barry, Benjamin Franklin, and Macavity Awards as well as England's CWA Dagger Award. She was born in Nottinghamshire and currently lives in Cumbria with her husband.

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    • 4/5
      A decent debut thriller, though not quite as exciting as expected based on Lee Child's forward. It's a story of a woman who teaches self-defense classes to other women who accidentally gets mixed up in the doings of a serial rapist and murderer. Would read more in the Charlie Fox series, but not going out of my way to do so.
    • 1/5



      Good grief. What a boring book. Cliches, predictable plot, bad writing, pointless rambling, wasted words, lack of perception and insight, flat characters with nothing interesting to say and do and characters I don't care about. (Notice I didn't say 'characters I don't like', ie, I don't have to like characters to care about what happens to them).

      On top of that, I hate it when a character in the begininng of a book is just the same at the end of it..."
    • 3/5
      This is one of those books with a very strong female lead. There's nothing wrong with that at all, but for some reason I couldn't connect with Charlie Fox as she seemed to have a chip on her shoulder. I found her annoying. This book features too much on motorbikes and self defence. I know these are two elements in the story but at times it was sounding like a dummies guide to self defence.The story was generally okay but confusing at times.
    • 4/5
      I picked up this book based on the blurb provided by Lee Childs. Since I enjoy mysteries, it was a good bet I'd like it. I did.

      Killer Instinct is a solid first book the Charlie Fox series.

      What I liked: the writing style. The series is set in England and the author, Zoe Sharp, is Bristish. Some of the terms I was unfamiliar with but I enjoyed learning different phrasings. Ms Sharp didn't create a card board cut-put heroine. Charley is all too human. Her backstory was intriguing and not fully explained which added to the mystery. The novel flowed well and the world building was okay.

      What I didn't like: there wasn't much not to like. I was getting a bit tense waiting for more information on Charlie's past but it unfolded the way it needed to

      As a testament to Killer Instinct, I immediately bought the next book in the series, Riot Act.

      3 1/2 Stars
    • 5/5
      Just love this first book; great re-issue. She tough and human.
    • 4/5
      Killer Instinct is the first of the Charlie Fox mysteries.Charlotte, Charlie, is ex-British special forces. Charlie is a no frills sort of gal. She's smart, tough, and rides a motorcycle. The author writes great action and believable characters.Here's a brief synopsis...Charlie's friend Clare is attacked during karaoke night. Charlie fends off the attack and gets offered a job as a bouncer. She needs the money and takes the job. A serial rapist is on the prowl and Charlie suspects a link between the nightclub and the rapist, investigates, and nearly becomes a victim herself. There's no big mystery about the identity of the rapist. But the action and suspense will keep you turning pages.I read books 2-5 before reading Killer Instinct. It was hard for me to find a copy of this book because it it's out of print. If you live in the US and want a copy, you're gonna have to dig. Some people are asking outrageous prices. Anyways, I finally found an old used library copy for around $60. This book should be republished.I will be passing Killer Instinct around to my friends.
    • 2/5
      Completed 4/19, generously rated two stars. First in a series about Charlie Fox, ex Brit army, discharged after reporting rape by 4 fellow soldiers, now a self-defense instructor, and in this book a part-time bouncer. Very plot driven story involving drugs and rape. Charlie goes on a bit about being a victim, whines about the lack of support from her mother, as well as issues with her father (why do I think these will continue to be major themes for the next several books at least (?) Didn't find the supporting characters, nor Charlie for that matter, particularly interesting, and by the time we got to the climactic scene I was tired of all the wordy descriptions of the kicks, feints, blocks etc. The writing was pretty decent, and I'm sure subsequent books are better than this debut, but there wasn't enough here to bring me back.
    • 4/5
      Good start to what is described as an excellent series. Charlie is quite chippy, in the British sense but sturdy enough to absorb the cuts and bruises she frequently collects. Story nothing special but moves well. We learn a little more about antique "bikes" than most of us would prefer but it does create a unique biker flair for Charlie and her friends. flair