Crimson Lake: Fox Candice (Crimson Lake Series, 1)

Crimson Lake: Fox Candice (Crimson Lake Series, 1)

by Candice Fox (Author)

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Never Never comes an ingenious and edgy suspense novel that will keep you guessing to the very last page . . . `Gritty and compulsive' Jane Harper, author of THE DRY 12.46: 13-year-old Claire Bingley stands alone at a bus stop 12.47: Ted Conkaffey parks his car beside her 12.52: The girl is missing . . .Six minutes - that's all it took to ruin Detective Ted Conkaffey's life. Accused but not convicted of Claire's abduction, he escapes north, to the steamy, croc-infested wetlands of Crimson Lake. Amanda Pharrell knows what it's like to be public enemy no.1. Maybe it's her murderous past that makes her so good as a private investigator, tracking lost souls in the wilderness. Her latest target, missing author Jake Scully, has a life more shrouded in secrets than her own - so she enlists help from the one person in town more hated than she is: Ted Conkaffey. But the residents of Crimson Lake are watching the pair's every move. And for Ted, a man already at breaking point, this town is offering no place to hide . . .

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: 01
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 04 May 2017

ISBN 10: 178475806X
ISBN 13: 9781784758066

Media Reviews
From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Never Never comes an ingenious and edgy suspense novel that will keep you guessing to the very last page . . . Six minutes. That's all it takes to ruin Detective Ted Conkaffey's life. Accused but not convicted of Claire's abduction, he escapes north, to the steamy, croc-infested wetlands of Crimson Lake. * from the publisher's description *
A fast-paced, expertly crafted read with a cast of colourful characters * Guardian *
One of the best crime thrillers of the year. -- Lee Child
A bright new star of crime fiction. -- James Patterson
A masterful novel ... Definitely a writer to watch. -- Harlan Coben
Author Bio
Candice is the middle child of a large, eccentric family from Sydney's western suburbs. The daughter of a parole officer and an enthusiastic foster-carer, Candice spent her childhood listening around corners to tales of violence, madness and evil as her father relayed his work stories to her mother and older brothers. Candice won back-to-back Ned Kelly awards for her first two novels Hades and Eden. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed Fall and co-writer with James Patterson of the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Never Never set in the Australian outback.