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khilto01's review
5.0
I love this series!
It's been a long wait for this book. The good news is that it is another fantastic addition to the series. The bad news is I've finished it already. I must admit I'm stumped as to where the author is going with the relationship between Charlie and Sean. It looks like I'll be waiting a while to find out where a Charlie's life will lead her next. Please write quickly Zoe Sharp! I wouldn't mind another Kelly Jacks novel either, while you're at it.
It's been a long wait for this book. The good news is that it is another fantastic addition to the series. The bad news is I've finished it already. I must admit I'm stumped as to where the author is going with the relationship between Charlie and Sean. It looks like I'll be waiting a while to find out where a Charlie's life will lead her next. Please write quickly Zoe Sharp! I wouldn't mind another Kelly Jacks novel either, while you're at it.
coops456's review
5.0
Trigger warning for sexual assault description and misogynistic violence.
When one of the men who so brutally ended her army career is found murdered in Iraq, Charlie is sent after her former lover Sean who is prime suspect. What she discovers is a shocking new perspective on her military experience.
Fox Hunter is the 12th Charlie Fox book but works surprisingly well as a standalone.
When one of the men who so brutally ended her army career is found murdered in Iraq, Charlie is sent after her former lover Sean who is prime suspect. What she discovers is a shocking new perspective on her military experience.
Fox Hunter is the 12th Charlie Fox book but works surprisingly well as a standalone.
lindca's review
4.0
4.5 stars
I've been waiting years for another Charlie Fox book, and Fox Hunter does not disappoint.
This story picks up not long after the last. While it's been a long time since I read that, there is plenty of context to recall key characters and events. When Charlie finds out that someone has tortured and killed one of the men who years before had brutalized her and ruined her army career and that her former lover Sean had been seen nearby, she feels compelled to find out just what happened. She would like to believe that Sean wouldn't stoop to such barbarism, but his personality had changed after the events of the last book and she couldn't be sure.
The trail takes her into war-torn Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, and Bulgaria as she tries to catch up with Sean. Along the way, she uncovers seemingly unrelated but puzzling plots and she ends up revisiting some characters from old books and meeting a few new ones.
I won't spoil what happens or what Sean's involvement is, but Charlie is her usual, satisfying kickass self who uses her experience and smarts to uncover the truth. As with the other stories in this series, it's not all pretty and neat, and there's no guarantee of happy endings for all the good guys.
I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves tough female protagonists in dark suspense/thriller stories and hope that we won't have to wait so long for the next book.
I've been waiting years for another Charlie Fox book, and Fox Hunter does not disappoint.
This story picks up not long after the last. While it's been a long time since I read that, there is plenty of context to recall key characters and events. When Charlie finds out that someone has tortured and killed one of the men who years before had brutalized her and ruined her army career and that her former lover Sean had been seen nearby, she feels compelled to find out just what happened. She would like to believe that Sean wouldn't stoop to such barbarism, but his personality had changed after the events of the last book and she couldn't be sure.
The trail takes her into war-torn Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, and Bulgaria as she tries to catch up with Sean. Along the way, she uncovers seemingly unrelated but puzzling plots and she ends up revisiting some characters from old books and meeting a few new ones.
I won't spoil what happens or what Sean's involvement is, but Charlie is her usual, satisfying kickass self who uses her experience and smarts to uncover the truth. As with the other stories in this series, it's not all pretty and neat, and there's no guarantee of happy endings for all the good guys.
I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves tough female protagonists in dark suspense/thriller stories and hope that we won't have to wait so long for the next book.
slc333's review
4.0
Excellent action packed thriller. Charlie is an incredible heroine and in this one karma comes visiting several men from her past (and they more than deserve it) as Charlie attempts to track down an AWOL Sean and gets involved with artefact smuggling and the CIA. On a side note I am still heartbroken over the loss of Charlie & Sean’s relationship. Yes it is realistic in the circumstances, no there is no way to go back to what they had but it still makes me sad because I loved their relationship – they were so perfectly matched.
karlou's review
5.0
Fox Hunter is the twelfth book in Zoe Sharp's series about Charlie Fox, it's also the first I've read but luckily can be read as a standalone.
It's been a little while since I've read an action thriller but what a way to return to the genre! I was gripped by Fox Hunter from the very start. I must admit I was at a slight disadvantage not having read the earlier books but Zoe Sharp cleverly brings new readers up to speed organically through her plot building without having to constantly rehash the previous stories for long term fans. In this book Charlie is sent to Iraq to track down her former lover, Sean. He's not the man she used to know following his almost fatal shooting in a previous book - but has he really become a twisted killer?
I'm a huge fan of the television series, Homeland and Fox Hunter has some of the same elements of that show; high octane action, uncompromising violence, dangerous locations and the feeling that you never really know who you can trust. Charlie's mission takes her from one seemingly impossible situation to another, she seems to be in almost constant danger in this blisteringly fast paced thriller.
The pulse racing tension never comes at the expense of characterisation however. Charlie Fox is an unforgettable protagonist. She is highly capable, an efficient killer with a sharp mind. Her back story means she is also a very real character and relatable even though not many of us are ever going to have to face the extreme situations she finds herself in. Her instinctive ability to take a life isn't something she takes for granted, she's a survivor but killing another human - even one who was trying to kill her - affects her deeply. In Fox Hunter she learns more about her past, the shocking truth is handled with a searing honesty and never feels gratuitous. It's not just Charlie though, I absolutely loved all the strong female characters in this book, Luisa Dawson, Aubrey Hamilton and Madeleine. It's so refreshing to read an action thriller where the women take centre stage and aren't love interests, secretaries or sidekicks. They are all complex, interesting and believable women, their relationships with one another may sometimes be more than a little fraught and though the respect between them may be grudging at times, it's earned as they learn what they are each capable of.
Fox Hunter has the grit and glamour of a big screen action thriller, with its global locations and international cast of antagonists; it also has a thoughtful, poignant storyline that looks at revenge, justice and redemption, and examines the process of trying to move beyond horrific events that threaten to define not just the past but the present and future too. I really enjoyed this book, the gripping action, detailed and nuanced characterisation and fascinating narrative make this a superlative thriller and one I thoroughly recommend.
All my reviews are originally published on my blog at www.hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.co.uk
It's been a little while since I've read an action thriller but what a way to return to the genre! I was gripped by Fox Hunter from the very start. I must admit I was at a slight disadvantage not having read the earlier books but Zoe Sharp cleverly brings new readers up to speed organically through her plot building without having to constantly rehash the previous stories for long term fans. In this book Charlie is sent to Iraq to track down her former lover, Sean. He's not the man she used to know following his almost fatal shooting in a previous book - but has he really become a twisted killer?
I'm a huge fan of the television series, Homeland and Fox Hunter has some of the same elements of that show; high octane action, uncompromising violence, dangerous locations and the feeling that you never really know who you can trust. Charlie's mission takes her from one seemingly impossible situation to another, she seems to be in almost constant danger in this blisteringly fast paced thriller.
The pulse racing tension never comes at the expense of characterisation however. Charlie Fox is an unforgettable protagonist. She is highly capable, an efficient killer with a sharp mind. Her back story means she is also a very real character and relatable even though not many of us are ever going to have to face the extreme situations she finds herself in. Her instinctive ability to take a life isn't something she takes for granted, she's a survivor but killing another human - even one who was trying to kill her - affects her deeply. In Fox Hunter she learns more about her past, the shocking truth is handled with a searing honesty and never feels gratuitous. It's not just Charlie though, I absolutely loved all the strong female characters in this book, Luisa Dawson, Aubrey Hamilton and Madeleine. It's so refreshing to read an action thriller where the women take centre stage and aren't love interests, secretaries or sidekicks. They are all complex, interesting and believable women, their relationships with one another may sometimes be more than a little fraught and though the respect between them may be grudging at times, it's earned as they learn what they are each capable of.
Fox Hunter has the grit and glamour of a big screen action thriller, with its global locations and international cast of antagonists; it also has a thoughtful, poignant storyline that looks at revenge, justice and redemption, and examines the process of trying to move beyond horrific events that threaten to define not just the past but the present and future too. I really enjoyed this book, the gripping action, detailed and nuanced characterisation and fascinating narrative make this a superlative thriller and one I thoroughly recommend.
All my reviews are originally published on my blog at www.hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.co.uk
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