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Gone by Midnight

Crimson Lake

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Gone by Midnight

By: Candice Fox
Narrated by: Lani Tupu
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Crimson Lake is where bad people come to disappear - and where eight-year-old boys vanish into thin air . . .

On the fifth floor of the White Caps Hotel, four young friends are left alone while their parents dine downstairs. But when Sara Farrow checks on the children at midnight, her son is missing. The boys swear they stayed in their room, and CCTV confirms Richie has not left the building. Despite a thorough search, no trace of the child is found.

Distrustful of the police, Sara turns to Crimson Lake’s unlikeliest private investigators: disgraced cop Ted Conkaffey and convicted killer Amanda Pharrell. This case just the sort of twisted puzzle that gets Amanda’s blood pumping.

For Ted, the case couldn’t have come at a worse time. Two years ago a false accusation robbed him of his career, his reputation and most importantly his family. But now Lillian, the daughter he barely knows, is coming to stay in his ramshackle cottage by the lake.

Ted must dredge up the area’s worst characters to find a missing boy. And the kind of danger he uncovers could well put his own child in deadly peril . . .


'Terrific crime-writing' Herald Sun

'The queen of the creepily compulsive thriller' WHO magazine

'One of our best crime writers' Canberra Weekly

©2019 Candice Fox (P)2019 Penguin Random House Australia
Crime Fiction Literature & Fiction Suspense Fiction

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The best series, ever!

I already feel sad after finishing the final book in the Crimson Lake series… there needs to be another book!
Thank you Candice Fox for bringing us Ted & Amanda.

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Name a more Iconic duo than Ted & Amanda …I’ll Wait

A great 3rd book in the series. Ted & Amanda are 2 brilliant characters. Great narration from Tupu. Can’t wait to watch Troppo!!

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Candice Fox

Listened to all three Crimson Lake stories in succession, and now feel bereft without Amanda, Ted, Celine and the geese family, not to mention the crocs and bikies. Hilariously Australian characters and black humour. Totally recommend for a good laugh out loud.

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Great Aussie read

Refreshingly different ambience and approach for a crime novel. It reminds me of Australian made movies, somehow threading warmth and humour into a serious plot and making it deliciously entertaining. The narrator captured the characters well.

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so many twists in this book. kept me guessing

This was another great story by Candice Fox. Love her writing and will be buying another book soon.

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Loved it.

Well done Candice, another fab instalment if the Crimson Lake series. I love your character development and your writing style is not bogged down with needless detail.

Lani has also done a great job. I’m glad he was used again as there is nothing worse then when a narrator is changed throughout the series.
Fab work team.

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Ahhhhh

That’s what I said when I realised this story was coming to an end. It’s so good I didn’t want it to finish so here I go off to amazon to find another in this series. Seriously, loved it great story and really well read 👍

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Love the narrator!

Again, Candice writes so well. I feel like the characters are so real and love getting to know them more and more. Don’t want it to end!

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Wonderful Series

I would read the next one if Candice writes another book on thos series. love the characters. this was the third and I highly recommend all of them.

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Great characters

Loved meeting the characters of Gone by Midnight, so much I wish I'd started with the first book in this series.

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