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Crimson Lake: A Novel Audiobook
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*Winner of the Audie Award for Thriller/Suspense Audiobook* "Narrator Euan Morton's gravelly voice and Australian accent embody Ted...His excellent pacing and gripping delivery maintain tension." — AudioFile Magazine Candice Fox's thrilling Crimson Lake, the basis for the series Troppo starring Thomas Jane, now streaming on Freevee! How do you move on when the world won’t let you? 12:46: 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 in the wrong place at the wrong time—that’s all it took to ruin Sydney detective Ted Conkaffey’s life. Accused but not convicted of a brutal abduction, Ted is now a free man—and public enemy number one. Maintaining his innocence, he flees north to keep a low profile amidst the steamy, croc-infested wetlands of Crimson Lake. There, Ted’s lawyer introduces him to eccentric private investigator Amanda Pharrell, herself a convicted murderer. Not entirely convinced Amanda is a cold-blooded killer, Ted agrees to help with her investigation, a case full of deception and obsession, while secretly digging into her troubled past. The residents of Crimson Lake are watching the pair's every move . . . and the town offers no place to hide. "Complex, human characters, and a dark, meaty story, and fine writing, and a great sense of place – this is one of the best crime thrillers of the year. Sign me up as a big-time Fox fan!" —Lee Child Crimson Lake by Sydney-based, Ned Kelly award-winning author Candice Fox is a thrilling contemporary crime novel set in Queensland, Australia, perfect for readers of authors like James Patterson, Harlan Coben, Lisa Gardner, and Tana French. A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.
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“Narrator Euan Morton’s gravelly voice and Australian accent embody Ted, who is consumed by anger and paranoia…Morton varies his delivery enough to differentiate between characters while staying firmly in character as Ted, a choice that works well with the story’s first-person narrative. His excellent pacing and gripping delivery maintain tension…This is a series opener, and listeners will hope for more of Morton as Conkaffey.”
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“A tense thriller…Fox does a superb job of weaving past and present murders together, setting up a literary shell game to keep the reader guessing who’s guilty and who’s innocent…A story that is shaping up to be a great new series.”
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“Two of the best times to pick up an audiobook are: 1) when you want to get sucked into a great mystery and 2) when you want to do a backstroke through an accent not your own. Candice Fox’s Crimson Lake series, set in the croc-infested north of Australia, lets you do both.”
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“Compelling…boasts full-bodied characters, suspense with a quirky edge, and a strong sense of place.”
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“[An] engrossing suspense novel…The surprising conclusion will leave the reader looking forward to Ted and Amanda’s further adventures.”
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"Narrator Euan Morton's gravelly voice and Australian accent embody Ted...Morton varies his delivery enough to differentiate between characters while staying firmly in character as Ted, a choice that works well with the story's first-person narrative. His excellent pacing and gripping delivery maintain tension ...and listeners will hope for more of Morton as Conkaffey.
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"Two of the best times to pick up an audiobook are 1) when you want to get sucked into a great mystery, and 2) when you want to do a backstroke through an accent not your own. Candice Fox’s Crimson Lake series, set in the croc-infested north of Australia, lets you do both.
— Paste Magazine, Best Audiobooks of 2018 (So Far)
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A BookPage Top Pick of Australian Mysteries for Private Eye July
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month selection
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A Strand Magazine Pick of the Top Ten Books of 2018
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The 2019 Audie Award Winner for Best Narration in Thrillers/Suspense
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A Paste Magazine Pick of Best Audiobooks of 2018
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Winner of Audie Award Winner, 2019
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Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2018
Crimson Lake Listener Reviews
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Deborah, 8/7/2021
About Candice Fox
Candice Fox is the award-winning author of Crimson Lake. She is also coauthor with James Patterson of the #1 New York Times bestseller Never, Never and its Bookshots prequel, Black & Blue.
About Euan Morton
Euan Morton is an Earphones Award–winning narrator. As an actor and singer, he is best known for his role as Boy George in the musical Taboo, which earned him a Laurence Olivier Award nomination. He reprised the role on Broadway, earning him the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut, as well as nominations for the ony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League awards. His other stage performances include Leaves of Glass, Sondheim on Sondheim, and Cyrano De Bergerac.