First Drop

Zoe Sharp

ISBN 10: 0312937040 / ISBN 13: 9780312937041

Published by Minotaur Books, 2007

As hair-raising as a roller-coaster ride, First Drop skyrockets Zo Sharp to the top of that exclusive list of suspense writers who are going places fast. Sharp's aim is dead-on--STUNING.--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 DealerThe 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. Seller Inventory # 00103442277

Synopsis:

Working as a bodyguard for the personal security agency run by her ex-lover, Sean Mayer, Charlie Fox's latest assignment, babysitting Trey Pelzer, the teenage son of a wealthy Florida computer programmer, is complicated by the disappearance of Trey's father and his entire entourage, including Sean. Reprint.

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. Please visit her Web site at www.zoesharp.com.

Bibliographic Details

Title: First Drop
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Fair