Daisy Darker: A Gripping Psychological Thriller With a Killer Ending You'll Never Forget

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Lily thinks that perhaps Frank killed his mother and then took his own life. Daisy asked why he would move Nana‘s body.

Wow! Echoes of Christie's And Then There Were Nonebut turned into something wonderfully original and wrapped in a genuinely creepy dysfunctional family fairy-tale of a novel, this takes Feeney to the next level. I LOVED IT!"I was thinking FOUR ⭐️ for much of the book, but after I finished and saw how it all came together, I had to bump it up to FIVE ⭐️ The problem with this book is predictability. The author, during the narration in the initial part of the book, the book cover and even the blurb reveals a lot about the book's story that can act as spoilers. Anybody with common sense can easily predict the whole story of the book, including the twists, and make the reading experience soporific. Since Daisy is born with a heart condition, she repeatedly refers to herself as "broken." This is stated over and over throughout the story, in the most pitiful and woe-is-me way. Since I read the physical copy, I can't do a search for how many times the word "broken" is used, but it wouldn't surprise me if the answer is hundreds of times. At least that's the way it feels. In the present, someone notices that all the family’s names have been spelled out with Scrabble tiles. She reveals that although Lily and Nancy tried to drug her, she dumped the drugged tea into a potted plant. She says she didn’t kill the whole family by herself, she had help.

I was thinking FOUR ⭐️ for much of the book, but after I finished and saw how it all came together, I had to bump it up to FIVE STARS!

Also be warned that at the 38% mark there is a brief, but disturbing passage that includes the death of horses-though I wonder if Alice Feeney is actually trying to bring attention to the mistreatment of animals by including these passages in her work, as she goes on to say how high the suicide rate is among Veterinarians, because they see so much of it. Daisy recalls an incident in 1986 where she ruined a dress that belonged to Rose after she caught Rose and Connor kissing. Victim #4: Nancy At the party, Daisy caught Connor and Lily having sex. When she ran into Rose, Daisy blurted out what she saw. And that ending! The potential suspects are naturally limited and it was fun for Marialyce, my reading buddy, and I to speculate. But there were still a couple of surprises that blew us away. In the hands of a lesser author, I might have rolled my eyes but I found it clever and brilliant! The bread crumbs were there, but I missed them. Told from the point of view of Daisy, there is family drama galore and many surprises. One thing I figured out in advance and the other major surprise I should have figured out but I was just going along for the ride, so I was thrilled when all was revealed. As the hours pass with the family stranded with no means to communicate with the outside world, and then the bodies start accumulating--and then disappearing--it's difficult to know who is lying and who is telling the truth, and that's one of the most exciting parts of this mysterious tale.