Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney Summary
Overview of Daisy Darker
Trapped on a tidal island, the Darker family reunion becomes a deadly game as members die one by one, each death preceded by an ominous poem. Alice Feeney's Agatha Christie-inspired thriller keeps readers guessing with its gothic setting and shocking family secrets.
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A House Where Secrets Come to Die
Seaglass isn't just a house-it's a character with its own heartbeat. Eighty ticking clocks line the hallways of this Victorian stone mansion perched on a tiny Cornish island, accessible only during low tide. When the water rises, the causeway disappears, transforming the house into an inescapable prison for eight hours. The walls are hand-painted with intricate murals, and mismatched furniture spans decades-from Art Deco armchairs to 1960s lamps. Most striking is the kitchen's floor-to-ceiling chalkboard wall covered in decades of family notes and children's drawings. Like the blue-green glass fragments embedded in its walls, collected from years of beachcombing, the Darker family has been eroded by time and pressure-sharp edges worn smooth, but internal fractures forever visible. This isolated gothic setting becomes the perfect stage for murder when Nana invites her estranged family to celebrate her eightieth birthday-the exact age a palm reader once predicted she would die. As family members arrive, each carries hidden agendas, primarily focused on securing their portion of Nana's fortune from her bestselling children's book series. What none realize is that this gathering will become a crucible, forcing long-buried secrets to the surface with devastating consequences.
Born with a Broken Heart
A Family Carved by Jealousy
When the Tide Rises, Death Arrives
The Ghost in the Machine
Justice Served Cold
Writing Our Own Endings
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