First Drop (Charlie Fox #1)

First Drop by Zoe Sharp is the first in a new series about Charlie Fox, an ex-British Army bodyguard.

After being discharged from the Army, Fox taught self-defense for a while. Now she has been hired by a friend to be a bodyguard. Her first assignment in in the US. She lands in Florida and is told she will be babysitting the teenage son of a software designer.

On her first day in charge of Trey she is forced to go to an amusement park. When a man starts shooting at her and Trey, Charlie must figure out what to do next. Neither her boss or Trey's father is answering the phone.

After checking the house, she discovers she and Trey are on their own. She will have to figure out who is after them and why. Having spent a grand total of 24 hours in the US, it will not be an easy task.

Sharp, Zoe. (2007). First Drop. New York: St. Martins Paperbacks.