Gone by Midnight

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____________________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 Read Gone by Midnight Author Candice Fox – kino-fada.fr Just Amazing This is the 3rd in Candice Fox s Queensland based series featuring Ted Conkaffey, ex police detective, with a traumatic past after a false accusation ruined his reputation and destroyed his life and marriage He now lives by Crimson Lake with his 7 geese and dog, Celine, who have provided much needed therapy and sanity in his life He works with the offbeat tattooed Amanda Pharrell, with her past as an ex convict, in her detective agency, where they have experienced some success Just Amazing This is the 3rd in Candice Fox s Queensland based series featuring Ted Conkaffey, ex police detective, with a traumatic past after a false accusation ruined his reputation and destroyed his life and marriage He now lives by Crimson Lake with his 7 geese and dog, Celine, who have provided much needed therapy and sanity in his life He works with the offbeat tattooed Amanda Pharrell, with her past as an ex convict, in her detective agency, where they have experienced some success Ted may no longer be a person of interest to the police, but this does not stop others making assumptions of his guilt and his reputation continues to plague his life His wife is allowing him to have his young daughter, Lillian, who he rarely sees, to stay with him for a few days Only tr...Candice Fox takes readers back to the Crimson Lake region of Australia for a new and exciting adventure When Richie Farrow disappears from his hotel room, his mother is frantic and cannot handle the pressure and grief that are flooding over her Reaching out to Ted Conkaffey, through the police, she seeks his assistance as a private investigator to help determine what s happened Ted, still leery of showing his face in general public, tries to set aside the false accusation of child abduction a Candice Fox takes readers back to the Crimson Lake region of Australia for a new and exciting adventure When Richie Farrow disappears from his hotel room, his mother is frantic and cannot handle the pressure and grief that are flooding over her Reaching out to Ted Conkaffey, through the police, she seeks his assistance as a private investigator to help determine what s happened Ted, still leery of showing his face in general public, tries to set aside the false accusation of child abduction and molestation recently vacated against him and turns to helping find this eight year old boy With the help of his partner, unpredictable Amanda Pharrell, they start poking around the hotel and environs for clues Once Ted learns a deep secret that Sara Farrow has kept from others which also happens to shed light on why she chose him he is able to take a new approach to the disappearance and seeks to have Amanda use her off the wall antics to look under every rock Ho...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 Ted is a disgraced cop and Amanda is an ex con who runs a Private Investigation company Four families were staying at the hotel for two nights Four 8 year old boys had been left in one of the rooms An adult had been checking on them every hour On the second night, when one of the pa 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 Ted is a disgraced cop and Amanda is an ex con who runs a Private Investigation company Four families were staying at the hotel for two nights Four 8 year old boys had been left in one of the rooms An adult had been checking on them every hour On the second night, when one of the parents checked on them, there was only three boys The boys insist that they haven t left the room and CCTV confirms this How could a child escape from a locked room What a gripping read this book...What a brilliant read I love Candice Fox s Crimson Lake series and this third episode is the best so far There is so much to love about the series the location near Cairns where misfits and those running away come to hide on the edge of the rain forest near croc infested creeks, the sharp and often amusing dialogue, as well as the characters themselves Ted Conkaffey, is hiding and licking his wounds after losing his marriage and career as a detective as a suspect in a high profile child a What a brilliant read I love Candice Fox s Crimson Lake series and this third episode is the best so far There is so much to love about the series the location near Cairns where misfits and those running away come to hide on the edge of the rain forest near croc infested creeks, the sharp and often amusing dialogue, as well as the characters themselves Ted Conkaffey, is hiding and licking his wounds after losing his marriage and career as a detective as a suspect in a high profile child abduction case Although he s no longer a person of interest to the police, he can t go out in public without people pointing him out and shielding their...I love the Crimson Lake series, and its two intriguing private investigators I had to restrain myself from hugging the delivery man as I was so excited when he brought the book to my door What better way to be shut in the house during a winter snowstorm, than to be vicariously transported to Crimson Lake, North Queensland, with its sweltering heat, mangrove swamps, rainforests and crocodile infested rivers and lakes There is a blizzard outside, but I have just spent an enjoyable and thrilling I love the Crimson Lake series, and its two intriguing private investigators I had to restrain myself from hugging the delivery man as I was so excited when he brought the book to my door What better way to be shut in the house during a winter snowstorm, than to be vicariously transported to Crimson Lake, North Queensland, with its sweltering heat, mangrove swamps, rainforests and crocodile infested rivers and lakes There is a blizzard outside, but I have just spent an enjoyable and thrilling day revisiting Ted Conkaffey and Amanda Pharrell, two intriguing characters, as they carry out their latest crime investigation Ted was once a respected policeman once employed in the Sydney ...This was a really great read that kept me guessing throughout and though part of an ongoing series I think there are two before this can totally be read as a standalone story I did no issues whatsoever everything here is of an extremely self explanatory nature.So the blurb says it all really four boys in a room left to there own devises while their parents are dining downstairs in the hotel restaurant Checking in with them every hour but when Ritchies mum checks on the boys at midnight her This was a really great read that kept me guessing throughout and though part of an ongoing series I think there are two before this can totally be read as a standalone story I did no issues whatsoever everything here is of an extremely self explanatory nature.So the blurb says it all really four boys in a room left to there own devises while their parents are dining downstairs in the hotel restaurant Checking in with them every hour but when Ritchies mum checks on the boys at midnight her son is missing gone without a trace sending all involved into a sense of confusion and chasing their own tails as the hunt for Ritchie intensifies.So this was a great crime thriller and I really adored that aspect of this but I also found the backstory of Ted Conkaffey and Amanda the private detectives this story encompasses so fascinating indeed.It was almost a story within a sto...Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox is the third book in a series and it took me a while to get into the story.A boy goes missing from a hotel room and the police are hoping to find him soon Two investigators are hired by the child s mother to look into the ca...Book 3 in the Conkaffy Pharrell series.To say that this pair is the quintessential odd couple would be an understatement.At its essence this is a thriller with some very odd ball humour thrown in Most of the humour comes via Amanda Pharrell, who hasthan a few bats loose in her belfry Amanda is, without a doubt, a great sleuth but having her as your partner in crime, so to speak, would test anybody s powers of endurance I found some of her idiosyncrasies, frustrating, sometimes to the e Book 3 in the Conkaffy Pharrell series.To say that this pair is the quintessential odd couple would be an understatement.At its essence this is a thriller with some very odd ball humour thrown in Most of the humour comes via Amanda Pharrell, who hasthan a few bats loose in her belfry Amanda is, without a doubt, a great sleuth but having her as your partner in crime, so to speak, would test anybody s powers of endurance I found some of her idiosyncrasies, frustrating, sometimes to the extreme But with Ted Conkaffy s level headedness and Amanda s ability to think out of the box they are a highly successful duo A young boy goes missing late one night right from under the noses of his friends and their parents The police are clueless so the mother of the missing boy hires Ted and Amanda to find her son.Nothing is as it seems Accusations are being ...I LOVE this series When I got the chance to read GONE BY MIDNIGHT didn t I hesitate, I had to read it straight away And WOW The first book was great, the second was fabulous, this one is awesome READ THE REST OF THE REVIEW OVER AT FRESH FICTIONMany thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me read this book.This is the story of Ted Conkaffey, who has quite the past He was a police officer but was falsely accused of the rape and murder of a child, and it is still believed by most of the population that he is guilty He has run as far as he could and lives in a house in the middle of the countryside with his dog and his geese He now works with a woman called Amanda Pharrell, who is a convicted murderer She has served her sen Many thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me read this book.This is the story of Ted Conkaffey, who has quite the past He was a police officer but was falsely accused of the rape and murder of a child, and it is still believed by most of the population that he is guilty He has run as far as he could and lives in a house in the middle of the countryside with his dog and his geese He now works with a woman called Amanda Pharrell, who is a convicted murderer She has served her sentence and is a rather odd character, who seems to hate and be hated in equal measure.This is evidently the third book in this series, and I have not read the other two, b...Oh I do love Crimson Lake and these characters Another fantastic book from Candice Fox love the crocs

Gone by Midnight
  • 25 November 2017
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  • Candice Fox
  • Gone by Midnight