DAISY DARKER BY ALICE FEENEY

I may have guessed the twist to this one right from the beginning but that didn't stop me from enjoying this creepy and atmospheric mystery! 

Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: August 30, 2022
Genre: Mystery and Suspense
Series: None. 
Pages: 340 pages
Format: Hardcover Source: Book of the Month box

The NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR of Rock Paper Scissors returns with a locked-room mystery when a family reunion leads to murder in a delightfully twisty and atmospheric thriller, as seen on the TODAY show.

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. As seen on the TODAY show and picked by Book of the Month, Daisy Darker's family secrets and Alice Feeney's trademark shocking twists will keep readers riveted.

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Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney is an excellent murder mystery. It has the vibes of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, mixed with a certain twist that reminds me of another popular book I’ve read. I don’t want to say WHAT book that is because it would spoil this one, but it worked extremely well for this twisted mystery.

One of my favorite things about this book was the claustrophobic feelings I felt while reading. The Darker family is trapped in a house they cannot get out of until the tide goes out and one by one, they end up dead. Readers not only FEEL this sense of dread and claustrophobia but will be chilled by the dark poems and sense of forebodingness. These characters are unlikeable but watching them fall victim to an unknown killer is terrifying! So if you’re looking for a spooky season then this is one you definitely want to check out!

Now the twist. It’s a good twist and I know many readers will be shocked by it. I was not one of those readers. I saw this twist coming after about 30 pages. Thankfully that didn’t take away from my enjoyment of the story. And even if YOU also guess the twist, it doesn’t mean you’ve figured out the killer. The spectacular twist is different than the “who-dun-it”. So, keep reading if you’ve already figured one part out!

𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗

𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙:
• Locked room murder mysteries
• Claustrophobic and atmospheric reader
• Chilling mysteries with fantastic twists

𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐⭐⭐⭐