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Gone by Midnight

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First book I’ve read by this author but I’m now desperate to get my hands on all the rest and particularly to catch up with the others in this series. In Ted and Amanda, Candice Fox has created two intriguingly unique characters who work incredibly well together. I found the book well-plotted and written, and it kept me guessing till the end. Great read!
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I could almost feel the humidity and hear the insects from the way this book is written! A brilliant mystery with quirky characters. Highly recommended #NetGalley#GoneByMidnight
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book – so much so that I read it in a single day. The two main characters, Ted and Amanda, are fascinating people: both flawed yet likeable. Although the core of the book is a whodunnit (and one that keeps you guessing, at that) I think it's the characters that really make the book stand out compared to other crime novels I've read. I won't say too much about the twists and turns for fear of spoilers, but I will say that at one point near the end I genuinely cheered out loud. Very much recommended.

Note: I haven't read the first in the series but I have read the second, Redemption Point; however, this can be read as a standalone novel and indeed I think it works better as a standalone than Redemption Point.
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Gone by Midnight is the third in the Crimson Lake series ,I have read the other two books and loved them but this book is absolutely fabulous .Ted and Amanda are a brilliant team of Private Investigators each dealing with the past and working with the Police to solve the mystery of a young boy who seemingly has disappeared from a room in an hotel .The story is set in Cairns in Australia which is crocodile country making the story even more scary and atmospheric .The plot is so clever I didn't guess the ending ,the reader is drawn in hoping against hope that the child will be found alive .Very cleverly written and a great ending .I can't wait for the next book in the series .Many thanks to the Publisher ,the Author and NetGalley for my review copy in return for an honest review .
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Like many other reviewers, I struggled with the initially mixed up and higgledy-piggeldy format of this book, however I was so captivated by the story that I persevered because I couldn't wait to find out the ending. I'm thrilled that it's been re-formatted and will very likely give it another read to get the full flow. 

I hadn't read any of Candice Fox's work before, but will be exploring the previous novels in the series, and beyond. 

It did keep me guessing, and I was taken with the quirky characters and vivid descriptions both of physical details,  emotional and personality traits and back stories. 

In all, a great read.
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This was a brilliant, well written, gripping book.  I loved the characters and all the intertwining strands of their lives, which were so well told. The story was set in rural Australia, which was also very different and added to the atmosphere- crocodiles and dingoes aren’t something that usually crop up as a problem when searching for bodies!
I am now looking forward to  reading the rest of Candice Fox’s books, I love it when I find a new author (to me) and can’t wait to start reading the rest of her work.  I don’t often wax so lyrically over books, but I shall be telling all my friends about this one.

The book was difficult to read as I read a copy not ready for publication, with paragraphs from two pages ahead appearing, then reappearing 2 pages later. This was very confusing, but I liked what I was reading so much that  I struggled on, and got used to adapted to this strange format. I’m so glad I did - I thoroughly recommend this book
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I have gave 2 stars at the moment because I can't actually read it as the copy sent to kindle is nearly impossible to read. I will read and review if another copy becomes available because I like the sound of this book.
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Ditto, the ARC is so disrupted it's impossible to read :((  I've marked it as a provisional 3-stars..........................
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I am a few pages in but simply cannot read it because of the jumping about of paragraphs. Please try and sort this and offer it again.
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I was really looking forward to reading this but it's unreadable as all the paragraphs are jumbled up and repeated!
Hopefully it can be sorted so I can read it soon.
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See notes to editors regard jumbled paragraphs which makes it impossible to read.  Book seems fine but not able to read as yet.
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I couldn't read the book as the pages didn't flow sequentially. Kindly check  the uploaded book as the paragraphs kept repeating so I had to keep turning pages to understand what was happening.
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