Crimson Lake by Candice Fox

From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author Candice Fox comes an ingenious and edgy suspense novel that will keep you guessing to the very last page . . .

'One of the best crime thrillers of the year' LEE CHILD

'A masterful novel' HARLAN COBEN

'A bright new star' JAMES PATTERSON

Six minutes – that’s all it took to ruin Detective Ted Conkaffey’s life. Accused but not convicted of abducting a teenage girl, he escapes north, to the steamy, croc-infested wetlands of Crimson Lake.

Amanda Pharrell knows what it’s like to be public enemy number one. 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 . . .

Candice Fox

Reviews

“ In her willingness to go to the dark side and turn it upside-down, Fox is a daring Antipodean original. ”

Sydney Morning Herald

“ This is a tough, gripping thriller that shows why Fox is one of our best crime writers. Recommended. ”

Canberra Weekly

“ Fox masterfully pulls together all three threads – Ted’s alleged crime, Amanda’s past and the mystery of what happened to Jake – into a heart-pounding conclusion. Five stars. ”

Empire

“ It’s easy to see why Fox is becoming one of our most popular crime writers. ”

Woman's Day

“ The hottest property in Australian crime fiction. ”

Qantas Magazine

Paperback

9780143787518

December 18, 2017

Bantam Australia

416 pages

RRP $24.00
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Trade Paperback

9780143781905

January 30, 2017

Bantam Australia

400 pages

RRP $37.00
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EBook

9780143781912

January 30, 2017

RHA eBooks Adult

400 pages
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Extract

Here’s what I remember. And it’s a lie. It’s a composite memory, built from things I actually remember, stuff I heard during my trial, what I read in the paper and things whispered to me in my jail cell while I was on remand. Some bits and pieces I’m sure come from my nightmares – it’s possible that the storm wasn’t so foreboding, or her eyes so big and pretty. But the memory of those fatal moments is impossibly clear. More fabrication than history. The narrative is woven from many colourful strings. It cannot be snapped now, even if small fibres over the years will part and coil away. I believe it. Even if I know it isn’t true.