“Daisy Darker” by Alice Feeney

Nana’s only wish for her 80th birthday is to have all of the Darker family visit her home on a tiny secluded island one last time. So secluded that when the tide comes in you are trapped there for the next eight hours with no escape. As each of the family members arrive a storm brews overhead finally unleashing its fury just as darkness overtakes them. When the clock strikes midnight a scream is heard and someone in the Darker family is discovered dead. Grief and sorrow ensues as surely this was just a horrible accident…until the chimes in the hall signal another hour has passed and another is found dead. Soon they realize that they are being systematically murdered one by one but which one of them is the killer and who will still be alive once daylight returns and the ocean recedes. I could not put this one down. Having enjoyed Feeney’s previous works I knew I was in for a treat with “Daisy Darker” but wow…I did not see that ending coming. Now I feel like I have to go back and reread this to see where I should have figured this out. If you love a good mystery/thriller add this one to your TBR list.

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