Crimson Lake

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Crimson Lake by Candice Fox, read by Lani Tupu.

*Winner of Best Thriller/Suspense audiobook at the Audies*

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 . . .

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 . . .

''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