Blake and Byron Thrillers #2
The woman falls. Her body begins to shake. Her brown eyes turn upwards, showing a mix of panic and desperate hope. She takes a deep breath and says one word: ‘Blake.’ Then her eyes close, her face pales, and she goes still forever…
The victim: Shannon, a woman who went out of her way to help the lost and hopeless, left abandoned to die by the side of the road. Where was she in those last few days before her death, and why was she so frightened?
The avenger: Blake Claremont, who knows only too well how it feels to be alone on the streets of a big city. Blake survived, thanks to Shannon. She’s determined to find out who killed her friend, and why.
Before she died, Shannon was searching for answers. She knew that people were going missing… never to be seen again. Now, with the help of Detective John Byron, Blake must take up Shannon’s investigation. She knows these streets and the predators who walk in the darkness. She will follow in Shannon’s footsteps until she finds her target: the ruthless men and women who steal people’s lives and will do anything to protect their secrets.
And then, they will pay.
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Review
It’s book two in the series and I remembered how I loved the first book where the author treated me to some surprising twists and turns.
It goes without saying I was utterly looking forward to find out what this case had in store for our not so every day kind of duo.
I love Blake. She has no rules to follow but her own ones and though she can very well take care of herself, she does find herself sometimes in dangerous situations. But she delivers and she does not mind taking risks in order to help others. Of course she does have help from a few friends. 🙂
On he other hand there is John who has to do everything by the book which restricts his actions. Getting info from Blake does help him tremendously.
The teamwork between these two characters proves that tricks from an ex con artist can be very helpful for an ex police officer. The only thing they need is facts and maybe a little scheme here and there.
Will their relationship remain strictly professional or is there something more brewing?
A wonderful book that can be read as a stand alone of course, but I am sure you would want to find out how the two main characters met, wouldn’t you…? 5 stars
Thank you
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About the author
Zoë Sharp opted out of mainstream education at the age of twelve and wrote her first novel when she was fifteen. She created the no-nonsense heroine of her highly acclaimed Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Fox crime thriller series after receiving death-threat letters as a photojournalist.
If you haven’t met Charlie Fox, the Chicago Tribune described her as: “Ill-tempered, aggressive and borderline psychotic, Fox is also compassionate, introspective and highly principled: arguably one of the most enigmatic — and coolest — heroines in contemporary genre fiction.”
In his introduction to the VENGEANCE anthology, Lee Child said: “If I were a woman, I’d be Zoë. If Jack Reacher were a woman, he’d be Zoë’s main character, Charlie Fox.”
Zoë’s work has been used in school textbooks in Denmark, made into a short film, optioned twice for TV and film, inspired an original song and has won or been nominated for numerous awards both in the United States and in the UK.
So far there are twelve books in the Charlie Fox series, plus a novella, a short story anthology, two e-boxed sets, and numerous short stories, with more coming soon! She has also written a standalone crime thriller, THE BLOOD WHISPERER, which features another strong female protagonist: former CSI turned crime-scene cleaner, Kelly Jacks, and collaborated with espionage thriller author John Lawton on a novella, AN ITALIAN JOB.
After receiving such a positive reaction to DANCING ON THE GRAVE, which was intended as a standalone crime thriller involving a sniper on the loose in the English Lake District, Zoë decided to turn this into a series. The second book featuring CSI Grace McColl and Detectivew Nick Weston is BONES IN THE RIVER, published May 2020.
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Author Links
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Book Link
https://geni.us/B0CR3LPDFHsocial
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