Daisy Darker
by Alice Feeney
Daisy Darker was born with a broken heart. Now after years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker’s entire family is assembling for Nana’s 80th birthday party in her crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. The family arrives, each of them harboring secrets. When the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours.. But at the stroke of midnight, as a storm rages, Nana is found dead. And an hour later, the next family member follows…. Trapped on an island where someone is killing them one by one, the Darkers must reckon with their present mystery as well as their past secrets, before the tide goes out and all is revealed.
The review
This book helped pull me out of a reading slump, and honestly that is a real compliment.
Daisy Darker has the kind of whodunnit setup that makes it easy to keep turning pages. The mystery keeps shifting, the twists keep coming, and there is just enough family dysfunction underneath it all to make the suspicion feel fun instead of forced.
What I appreciated most is that it understands exactly what kind of book it is. It is not trying to be restrained or understated. It wants to entertain you with reveals, tension, and that constant sense that nobody around the table should be trusted.
For me, it lands as a strong 3.5-star read: enjoyable, twisty, and great for getting back into a thriller groove. It also made me want to keep moving through more of Alice Feeney's catalog, which is usually a good sign.
If you want a mystery that feels built for discussion and suspicion, this is a good one to throw into the stack.
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