Gone by Midnight

Candice Fox

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Penguin
06 August 2024

Thriller & suspense; Australian Crime Fiction

The town of Crimson Lake is where bad people come to disappear - and where eight-year-old boys vanish into thin air . . . The third in Candice Fox's bestselling Crimson Lake Trilogy, which has been adapted into the ABC TV drama series TROPPO .

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD 2018 FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR

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 is 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

By: Candice Fox
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 282g
ISBN: 9781761347290
ISBN 10: 1761347292
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 06 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Candice Fox is the author of ten internationally bestselling crime novels and the winner of three prestigious Ned Kelly Awards. In fact, she is the only author to have been shortlisted for that award for every single novel. She has also co-written seven New York Times bestsellers with James Patterson, the world's bestselling thriller writer. Her new solo novel, Devil's Kitchen, will release in March 2024, and her latest collaboration with James Patterson, The Murder Inn, comes out in February 2024. In 2022 Candice's fourth book, Crimson Lake, was adapted into a major ABC TV series, called Troppo, with series two currently in production. A meticulous researcher, Candice has interviewed a serial killer on Death Row, been to prison three times (for work purposes) and while on honeymoon in the US took a road trip to famous crime scenes looking for clues. She has also dined with a former President of the United States, filmed a cameo role in her latest screen adaptation and, as a volunteer for WIRES, has rescued countless wild animals. She lives in Sydney.