Daisy Darker
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3.7 • 35 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
An all-consuming tale of psychological suspense with a spectacular twist, inspired by Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None
From Alice Feeney, the internationally bestselling author of His and Hers, soon to be a major TV series produced by Jessica Chastain.
'Clever, compelling, confounding and absolutely delicious' – Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of None of This is True
'I devoured this in record time because I had to know what happened next. Alice Feeney is one of my absolute favourites' – Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife
Isolated on their private island in Cornwall, the Darker family have come together for the first time in over a decade. When the tide comes in, they'll be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours. When the tide goes back out, nothing will ever be the same again. Nothing – because one of the family is a killer . . .
As the leaves of autumn fall, Daisy Darker arrives at her grandmother’s house for eightieth birthday celebrations. Seaglass, the Darker’s ancestral home, is a crumbling Cornish house perched upon its own tiny private island.
Every member of the family has their secrets. Nana, alone for so long. Daisy's absent father, Frank. Her cold-hearted mother, Nancy. Her siblings, Rose and Lily, and her niece, Trixie, full of questions and without a father of her own. Daisy has never had an easy relationship with her family, but some secrets are much darker than others. This will be a gathering that some of them won't remember.
'I was on the edge of my seat the whole time' – Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones and the Six
Readers love Daisy Darker
'I devoured this in one day and to say it's amazing is an understatement'
'This book might have been a psychological thriller, but it had me crying at the end'
'If you love Agatha Christie you will love this book'
'OMG WHAT A STORY. I just had to keep on reading'
'This book is FANTASTIC! I know it’s one that I WILL re-read'
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A dysfunctional family full of nasty characters getting picked off one by one while trapped on an island in Cornwall. Two narrative streams—one in the present and one in the past. A dilapidated, claustrophobic mansion that nobody can escape. In her gripping fifth novel, Alice Feeney brings together all the ingredients you need for an engrossing twist on the classic locked-room murder mystery, partially inspired by Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. The matriarch of the family, known to all as Nana, might be the killer’s first victim but she’s certainly not the last to fall while storms circle and secrets come out. Naturally, such thrillingly Gothic content requires a proper English accent, which is where narrator Stephanie Racine comes into her own with her warm, plummy voice. If you can’t trust your horrible family, who can you trust?
Customer Reviews
Wow!
Absolutely love it!!
Not that good
Sorry. But I found this book a bit boring. Hard to comprehend the storyline.