Killer Instinct

I was looking for female detective books and stumbled upon this. While Charlie Fox is not a detective, I did find myself quite intrigued by her. She's a fierce woman with a troubled past (and a career in the army that ended terribly) who teaches self defense to vulnerable women.

And there's a murderous rapist loose.

And Charlie Fox gets tangled up in all of it.

I like Zoe Sharp's writing. It's gritty and brutal and right to the point. Any clich?? she uses is never overly done, and she delivers all the pieces of the puzzle in a natural way that makes you suspect everyone for everything.

I was entertained, sometimes a little grossed out, and I even cursed myself for reading some brutal chapters right before bedtime.

This book feels a little like an introduction to whatever the author has in store for Charlie Fox later on. I'm not done with series.