After talking to our Skylarking bookclub regulars, we decided that it would be fun to branch out a little in our choices. Last month we read Rogues, by Patrick Radden Keefe; this month we’re dipping our collective toes into the world of mystery, with the latest offering from Alice Feeney, Daisy Darker. Alex has read all of Feeney’s books and says that they are reliably chock-full of suspense, twists, and creepy stuff. This one promises to be no different.

Come and join us! We’re meeting on Wednesday September 28 (not Thursday as we have another event that evening) at 6:30. It’s free to attend - we just ask that you purchase your copy of Daisy Darker (which is discounted by 15%!) from us.

Daisy Darker was born with a broken heart. Now after years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker’s entire family is assembling for Nana’s 80th birthday party in her crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. The family arrives, each of them harboring secrets. When the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours.

But 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 goes out and all is revealed. As seen on the TODAY show and picked by Book of the Month, Daisy Darker's family secrets and Alice Feeney's trademark shocking twists will keep readers riveted.

ALICE FEENEY is the New York Times bestselling author of Sometimes I Lie, I Know Who You Are, His & Hers, and Rock Paper Scissors. Her novels have been translated into over twenty-five languages and have been optioned for major screen adaptations. Alice was a BBC journalist for fifteen years and now lives in the Devon countryside with her family. Daisy Darker is her fifth novel.