Absence of Light

"If Jack Reacher were a woman, he'd be Charlie Fox." Lee Child

"The last thing they'll do is get us out of here. Can't afford to. We could tell too many stories. Stories they want to stay buried with us..."

A major earthquake sees ex-Special Forces soldier-turned-bodyguard Charlie Fox on a transport plane headed for the scene of devastation. Tasked as security advisor to the specialist team at the centre of relief efforts, Charlie knows the team members put themselves in constant danger as a matter of course. Her job is to find out what kind of other risks they're prepared to take.

Her predecessor conveniently died while investigating rumours that the team were stealing from the dead. Now she's been instructed to quietly uncover whether his death was as accidental as the official verdict suggests. Because, if it wasan accident, why is everyone so obviously lying to her?

Charlie must seek answers amid the shifting and lawless landscape, before there are more than just earthquake victims buried in the rubble...

If you like Lee Child but have been looking for strong yet believable female protagonists, who will take down the bad guys without hesitation but who are still human enough to care, then bodyguard Charlie Fox is definitely for you. Readers have found books in this series action-packed thrill rides that kept them glued to the end, well-written, gritty, and hard to put down. A gripping page-turner