Daisy Darker 🌼

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My father never talked a lot
He just took a walk around the block
‘Til all his anger took a hold of him
And then he’d hit
My mother never cried a lot
She took the punches, but she never fought
‘Til she said, “I’m leaving, and I’ll take the kids”
So she did
I say they’re just the ones who gave me life
But I truly am my parents’ child
Scattered ‘cross my family line
I’m so good at telling lies
That came from my mother’s side
Told a million to survive
Scattered ‘cross my family line
God, I have my father’s eyes
But my sister’s when I cry
I can run, but I can’t hide
From my family line
It’s hard to put it into words
How the holidays will always hurt
I watch the fathers with their little girls
And wonder what I did to deserve this
How could you hurt a little kid?
I can’t forget, I can’t forgive you
‘Cause now I’m scared that everyone I love will leave me
Scattered ‘cross my family line
I’m so good at telling lies
That came from my mother’s side
Told a million to survive
Scattered ‘cross my family line
God, I have my father’s eyes
But my sister’s when I cry
I can run, but I can’t hide
From my family line
From my family line
Oh, all that I did to try to undo it
All of my pain and all your excuses
I was a kid but I wasn’t clueless
(Someone who loves you wouldn’t do this)
All of my past, I tried to erase it
But now I see, would I even change it?
Might share a face and share a last name, but
(We are not the same)
Scattered ‘cross my family line
I’m so good at telling lies
That came from my mother’s side
Told a million to survive
Scattered across my family line
God, I have my father’s eyes
But my sister’s when I cry
I can run, but I can’t hide
From my family line
From my family line

plot
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.

about the book
‘Compelling, confounding and absolutely delicious’ – Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of The Family Upstairs
‘I was on the edge of my seat the whole time’ – Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones and the Six
Upstairs
‘Daisy Darker is clever, compelling, confounding and absolutely delicious.’ – Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of None of This is True
Daisy Darker is an all-consuming tale of psychological suspense with a spectacular twist from the internationally bestselling author Alice Feeney, inspired by Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None.

what martie thinks
This was the first Alice Feeney book I ever read. Without a doubt, 5 stars as an overall rating, starting with the setting and ending with the characters. I don’t think there is one character I lean towards more, in my opinion they all have some positive aspect. However, I put myself in Daisy’s shoes several times, as I am also an avid reader.

– martie