Charlie Fox 05&09 – Zoe Sharp Free Audiobook

Written by Zoe Sharp

Charlie Fox 05 – Road Kill 2010

‘If you stay involved with Sean Meyer you will end up killing again,’ my father said. ‘And next time, Charlotte, you might not get away with it.’

Still bearing the emotional scars from her traumatic first bodyguarding job in the States, Charlie Fox returns to her former home to try and work out both her personal and professional future. Instead of the peace for which she’s been hoping, Charlie is immediately caught up in the aftermath of a fatal bike crash involving one of her closest friends. The more she probes, the more she suspects that the accident was far from accidental − and the more she finds herself relying on the support of her troubled boss, Sean Meyer, despite her misgivings over the wisdom of resuming their relationship. And Charlie’s got enough on her plate trying to work out who suddenly wants her dead. The only way to find out is to infiltrate a group of illegal road racers who appear hell-bent on living fast and dying young. Taking risks is something that ex-Special Forces soldier Charlie knows all about, but doing it just for kicks seems like asking for trouble. By the time she finds out what’s really at stake, she might be too late to stop them all becoming road kill .

From the author’s notebook:
Road Kill was one of those ideas that came about because of a snippet in the local paper when I lived down near Lancaster, saying that during the summer months an extraordinary number of motorcyclists had been killed on the road between the motorway and the local bikers’ weekend haunt at Devil’s Bridge, near Kirkby Lonsdale. The police were dismissing the accidents as ‘rider error’ but it got me thinking, ‘What if it wasn’t accidental? What if it was deliberate . . .?’
Charlie rides two motorbikes in this book. She graduates from her faithful Suzuki RGV250 to a real monster − a Honda CBR900RR FireBlade. She acquired the new bike at the end of Hard Knocks, in circumstances I won’t spoil for anyone who hasn’t yet read that book. It’s been sitting in the back of her parents’ garage, waiting for the opportunity to come into its own.
Road Kill is set partly in the English Lake District and partly in Ireland, both north and south of the border. I’ve spent a lot of time in Ireland and it’s a fabulous place that is very different from the gloomy, violent image gleaned from the news reports.

Charlie Fox 09 – The Fifth Victim 2011

The only thing more terrifying than fighting for your life is fighting for someone else’s…

Bodyguard and ex-Special Forces soldier Charlie Fox would do anything to take her mind off her partner; shot, left for dead and now lying in a coma. So concentrating on a new assignment seems like the perfect way to escape the pain, and her own empty apartment.

The job is to protect the naive daughter of an investment banker from a gang of kidnappers who prey on the children of the wealthy Long Island set. Kidnap is a lucrative crime for those with the nerve to pull it off. Usually those who disappear are returned unharmed – except this syndicate likes to take a piece of the victim as part of the pay-off. Still, it all looks simple at first. A round of exclusive boutiques, charity auctions, luxurious parties aboard million-dollar yachts – and few risks for an experienced operative.

But Charlie soon finds out that defending a girl determined to put herself in danger is far from easy. And when her instincts lead her to suspect an inside job, she discovers that not everyone who mingles with the jet-set is what they seem – and the idle rich can be as ruthless as any criminal…