12:46: Claire Bingley stands alone at a bus stop12:47: Ted Conkaffey parks his car beside her12:52: The girl is missing . and the town offers no place to hide.. . .
The residents of Crimson Lake are watching the pair\'s every move .
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.
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.
Accused but not convicted of a brutal abduction, Ted is now a free man--and public enemy number one. .
Six minutes in the wrong place at the wrong time--that\'s all it took to ruin Sydney detective Ted Conkaffey\'s life. . 12:46: Claire Bingley stands alone at a bus stop12:47: Ted Conkaffey parks his car beside her12:52: The girl is missing