Daisy Darker
From The Sunday Times bestselling Author Of Beautiful Ugly And His & Hers
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Every family has a story. But some families have a body count.
'Clever, compelling, and absolutely delicious' – Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is True
The internationally bestselling author of His & Hers, Alice Feeney, returns with an all-consuming tale of psychological suspense . . . and a spectacular twist.
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
'I devoured this in record time... Alice Feeney is one of my absolute favourites' – Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife
'Clever, compelling, confounding and absolutely delicious' – Lisa JewelL
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'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Daisy Darker, the sheltered, 29-year-old narrator of this tempestuous homage to Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None from bestseller Feeney (Rock Paper Scissors), and her dysfunctional kin—divorced parents, two older sisters, and 15-year-old niece, Trixie—rarely gather thanks to an incident nobody will discuss. Regardless, Daisy's grandmother, Nana, maintains she'll die this year, so the group grudgingly visits Nana's Cornish tidal island estate on her 80th birthday. The mood sours after Nana reads her new will, which bequeaths almost everything to Trixie, but since the island's causeway is accessible only at low tide, everyone must stay put. When Trixie finds Nana dead in the kitchen, most assume it's an accident—never mind the macabre poem on a nearby chalkboard. Then Nana's body vanishes, and someone murders another family member, leaving the trapped survivors distrustful and terrified. Feeney elevates a familiar setup with evocative prose, fully realized characters, and an intimate, insightful first-person narrative. Flashbacks add depth while expanding the suspect list, and twists abound. Sarah Pinborough fans, take note. Agents: Jonny Gellar and Kari Stuart, Curtis Brown.
