What is
it? Fiction, mystery/drama
Ideal for
fans of: The Guest
List (Lucy Foley) or Sleep (CL Taylor)
What
makes it special? Exceptional
prose and a triple twist
Get it in
South Africa from: Pan
Macmillan South Africa
Daisy
Darker died eight times by her thirteenth birthday. Then again, she was only
given fifteen years to live thanks to a congenital heart defect. Daisy suspects
this is the reason she is her mother’s least favourite child. Because she was
born damaged, into an already breaking family.
But that’s
all behind her now. Daisy is preparing for a family reunion. To celebrate her
nana’s 80th birthday bash, the whole family will meet at Seaglass; a
ramshackle old house isolated on a tiny island. And Daisy has a secret. Yet
while her family is stuck together until the tide goes out, they’re not alone. They’re
trapped with a killer.
Daisy
Darker can be
summed up in a single word: delicious. The writing is superb, with a nod to
high-brow literature, yet accessible. Daisy Darker reads so easily it feels
like you’re inhaling the story. And what a story it is! We’re slowly guided
back through the Darker family’s murky past, until it becomes clear that Daisy isn’t
the only one who’s hiding something. Each trip back adds to the present
narrative and helps build tension as we count down the hours until the tide is
out.
Feeney ends
of this masterpiece with a satisfying grand reveal that includes not one, or
two, but THREE twists. So yes, you might be able to correctly navigate the red
herrings and guess the killer correctly. But I guarantee that you will not
predict the unique outcome. And that’s reason enough to try Alice Feeney. She’s
put a modern spin on a well-known genre, and made it new again. Moreover, her writing
is vibrant, explosive and dramatic, and this makes for the perfect literary
getaway.
Daisy
Darker by Alice Feeney is published by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, and
can be sourced from Pan Macmillan South Africa.
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