Candice Fox

Gone by Midnight

Denaiir

Great one as usual, Ted and Amanda (especially Amanda) are amazing characters and Superfish was a great addition. I'm not super interested in plots about missing kids but this one was still good, simply because Fox is an amazing writer.
I'm sad that it's the last one in the series

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

Venessa Johnstone

Another quick read.. Really enjoying these characters..

Ashley

Thank you to Forge Books for this ARC of 'Gone By Midnight' by Candice Fox.

This was my first experience with not only Crimson Lake, but also with Candice Fox. With it being the third book in the series -- something I admittedly didn't realize when I first got it -- I was impressed with how smoothly I was able to settle into the world and the story. There were hints to certain things that I assumed had probably been laid out in the first two books, but they were delivered in such a way in this book that I didn't feel lost at any point.

The story overall was enjoyable. While creating an excellent narrative and plot, she also developed characters that felt real, characters that had histories and feelings and personalities about whom the reader cannot help but care. 

The misdirection that she utilized in this novel is not uncommon for these types of detective novels. Actually, they're rather a staple. However, I think as the narrative was following the initial path, without giving too much away, I was actually disappointed, hoping that there would be more to it, that this wouldn't be all there was. But Fox is a professional and didn't leave me wanting for long. 

I enjoyed this story and will probably go back and find books one and two at some point.

____________________ They left four children safe upstairs. They came back to three. __________________ On the fifth floor of the White Caps Hotel, four young boys are left alone while their parents dine downstairs. But when one of the parents checks on the children at midnight, they discover one of them is missing. The boys swear they stayed in their room. CCTV confirms that none of them left the building. No trace of the child is found. Now the hunt is on to find him, before it’s too late – and before the search for a boy becomes a search for a body...

Gone by Midnight

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