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Title details for Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney - Available

Daisy Darker

A Novel

by Alice Feeney
Stephanie Racine
Audiobook
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"Stephanie Racine's talented narration helps create an atmospheric backdrop for this dark mystery."- AudioFile

This program is read by longtime narrator Stephanie Racine who has voiced numerous New York Times, U.S. and U.K. bestselling audiobooks.

Author Alice Feeney reads the acknowledgments on this program.
The New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists returns...with a family reunion that leads to murder.
After years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker's entire family is assembling for Nana's 80th birthday party in Nana's crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. Finally back together one last time, when the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours.
The family arrives, each of them harboring secrets. Then 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 comes in and all is revealed.
With a wicked wink to Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, Daisy Darker's unforgettable twists will leave listeners reeling.
"Wow! Echoes of Christie's And Then There Were None but 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!"
—Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes and Insomnia
A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

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  • Release date

    August 30, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781250866677
      • File size: 321910 KB
      • Duration: 11:10:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 9, 2022
      Daisy Darker, the sheltered, 29-year-old narrator of this tempestuous homage to Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None from bestseller Feeney (Rock Paper Scissors), and her dysfunctional kin—divorced parents, two older sisters, and 15-year-old niece, Trixie—rarely gather thanks to an incident nobody will discuss. Regardless, Daisy’s grandmother, Nana, maintains she’ll die this year, so the group grudgingly visits Nana’s Cornish tidal island estate on her 80th birthday. The mood sours after Nana reads her new will, which bequeaths almost everything to Trixie, but since the island’s causeway is accessible only at low tide, everyone must stay put. When Trixie finds Nana dead in the kitchen, most assume it’s an accident—never mind the macabre poem on a nearby chalkboard. Then Nana’s body vanishes, and someone murders another family member, leaving the trapped survivors distrustful and terrified. Feeney elevates a familiar setup with evocative prose, fully realized characters, and an intimate, insightful first-person narrative. Flashbacks add depth while expanding the suspect list, and twists abound. Sarah Pinborough fans, take note. Agents: Jonny Gellar and Kari Stuart, Curtis Brown.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Stephanie Racine's talented narration helps create an atmospheric backdrop for this dark mystery. The story is told from the viewpoint of Daisy Darker and switches between the present day and Daisy's 1980s childhood. Daisy and her dysfunctional family are keeping a secret. As the story begins, they have returned home to attend a rare family reunion. Tensions build as family members are killed one by one. Racine is the perfect narrator for this story. She creates highly believable characters, emphasizing their personal traits. Her narration is carefully crafted not to give away a key plot point and to allow the twists and turns of the mystery to unfold. Her timing helps the tension build as the events head to a revealing climax. K.J.P. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      Daisy Darker's Nana knew that she would die at the age of 80. What she and her family did not expect was for that death to occur exactly at midnight on her 80th birthday, nor did they anticipate the additional casualties that occur hourly, as family members are picked off one by one. As they scramble to decipher clues left by the killer, they seem only to dredge up dysfunctional family memories that are more painful than the deaths themselves. Feeney's (Rock Paper Scissors) haunting thriller teems with heartache and horrors. Chapters begin by noting the time and tide, moving the creepy story forward with an atmospheric sense of impending doom. Using a first-person perspective, narrator Stephanie Racine wholly becomes Daisy, drawing listeners in with her upbeat, lyrical tone, which transforms to chilling whispers as the story takes twist after sinister twist. VERDICT This audiobook will appeal to listeners seeking a spine-tingling suspense with a sympathetic female lead and intricate plot full of disturbing detail. Recommended for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, and Sarah Pearse.--Lauren Hackert

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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