Zoe Sharp Books in Order
Zoe Sharp has written 30 books, published between 2001 and 2024. The first book is Killer Instinct (2001) and the newest is The Girl in the Dark (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 2001–2024
- Confirmed
- 30 of 30 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,453 in 9 of 30 books
Charlie Fox, a bodyguard, is Zoe Sharp's recurring character, and the thrillers built around Fox run from Killer Instinct (2001) through First Drop (2004), Third Strike (2008) and Fourth Day (2010). Thirty books are catalogued to The Girl in the Dark (2024), taking in the Lakes Crime Thrillers, the Blake & Byron Thrillers, standalone novels and two runs of short stories. Kidnapping, missing persons, undercover operations and women private investigators are the recurring subjects.
How many Zoe Sharp books are there?
Zoe Sharp has 30 books, released between 2001 and 2024. They include 3 separate series.
Zoe Sharp Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Zoe Sharp books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 12001–3/4
- 22002–3/4
- 32003–3/4
- 420043563/4
- 520053203/4
- 62007–3/4
- 720083273/4
- 820104483/4
- 92011–3/4
- 102011–3/4
- 112011–3/4
- 122011–3/4
- 132011–3/4
- 142011–3/4
- 152011–3/4
- 1620114743/4
- 172012–3/4
- 182012–3/4
- 192012–3/4
- 2020123983/4
- 2120135153/4
- 222013–3/4
- 2320132223/4
- 2420173933/4
- 252018–3/4
- 262019–3/4
- 272020–3/4
- 282021–3/4
- 292021–3/4
- 302024–3/4
Zoe Sharp series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Charlie Fox books in order 21 books
Zoe Sharp books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Charlie Fox books in order
14 books by Zoe Sharp- 1. Killer Instinct
- 2. Riot Act
- 3. Hard Knocks
- 4. First Drop
- 5. Road Kill
- 6. Second Shot
- 7. Third Strike
- 8. Fourth Day
- 9. Fifth Victim
- 10. Die Easy
- 11. Absence of Light
- 12. Fox Hunter
- and 2 more in the table above
Charlie Fox Short Stories/Novellas
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Zoë Sharp Short Stories/Novellas
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Lakes Crime Thriller in order
2 booksBlake & Byron Thrillers in order
2 booksZoë Sharp Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Zoe Sharp books in order?
You only need to read Zoe Sharp books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Zoe Sharp
Start with Killer Instinct (2001), the first Charlie Fox book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Zoe Sharp book?
The Girl in the Dark (2024) is the newest Zoe Sharp book released so far.
Is there a new Zoe Sharp book coming?
No next Zoe Sharp book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Zoe Sharp at a glance
- Still publishing
- Zoe Sharp published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Zoe Sharp books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,453 pages across the 9 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 393 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Zoe Sharp books, 19 of 30, were published in the 2010s.
What the Zoe Sharp books are about
13 of the 30 Zoe Sharp books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: bodyguards is tagged on 12 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Bodyguards 12 of 13 books
- Charlie Fox (Fictitious character) 11 of 13 books
- Thrillers 5 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 13 books
- Kidnapping 2 of 13 books