Crime writer Candice Fox used her year in the US speaking to a serial killer in prison, investigating crime scenes and trying to unravel unsolved murders as well as co-writing two novels with James Patterson and completing her latest mystery Gone by Midnight.
Now back in Australia Candice will be guest author at a Literary Lunch hosted by Annie’s Books on Peregian and held at Riverdeck Restaurant on Tuesday 19 February.
Candice said her crime writing career gave her license to “do some pretty odd stuff”.
“I took the opportunity to visit a serial killer on death row in San Quentin prison who I have been interested in, and who had a lot of unsolved aspects attached to his crimes,” she said.
“I dragged my husband along to try to discover missing remains in the mountains behind Los Angeles and in the downtown area, based on some directions the serial killer gave me.
“It was a once in a lifetime experience to sit with this man face to face (without bars or glass between us) and try to understand why he committed these crimes while simultaneously trying not to be his next victim. “You only get those kind of answers by being brave enough to ask the question, and as a crime writer there’s nothing as valuable as hearing about evil straight from the source.”
Candice will discuss her experiences and her latest instalment in the Crimson Lake series, Gone by Midnight which is set in the steamy, dangerous atmosphere of a Far North Queensland rainforest.
When a ten-year-old boy vanishes from a hotel room in Cairns, with no evidence of him leaving the hotel, Ted and Amanda are called in by the missing boy’s mother. Ted knows
the trial by public she’s about to face… will they find her son before the public turns on her?
The Literary Lunch includes a two course meal and glass of wine at the River Deck Restaurant, Noosa Marina at 12 noon on Tuesday 19 February.
Tickets $55. Bookings essential. Phone 5448 2053 or email anniesbooks@bigpond.com
All of Candice’s titles will be available at the event.
For more information visit www.anniesbooksonperegian.com.au or www.facebook.com/AnniesBooks/
