From theSunday TimesNo. 1 bestselling author comes the thrilling second instalment in the Crimson Lake series. 'If you like great thrillers, you'll love Candice Fox!' - Lee Child

When former detective Ted Conkaffey is wrongly accused of abducting a teenage girl, he hopes the Queensland town of Crimson Lake will be the perfect place to disappear. But nowhere is safe from the girls devastated father.

Meanwhile in a nearby roadside hovel, the bodies of two young bartenders lie on the beer-sodden floor. As a homicide investigation unravels, Ted and his unlikely ally private detective Amanda Pharrell are brought in to assist on the case.

While Ted fights to clear his own name, their hunt for the killer will draw them into a violent dance with evil...

Steeped in tension, REDEMPTION is an absorbing crime thriller from an award-winning writer which will hold you in its grip to the final page.

Candice is the middle child of a large, eccentric family from Sydneys western suburbs. The daughter of a parole officer and an enthusiastic foster-carer, Candice spent her childhood listening around corners to tales of violence, madness and evil as her father relayed his work stories to her mother and older brothers.

Candice won back-to-back Ned Kelly awards for her first two novelsHadesandEden. She is also the author of the critically acclaimedFalland co-writer with James Patterson of theSunday TimesNo.1 bestsellerNever Neverset in the Australian outback.