Daisy Darker

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Isolated on their private island in Cornwall, the Darker family have come together for the first time in over a decade.When the tide comes in, they'll be cut off from the rest of t he world for eight hours. When the tide goes back out, nothing will ever be the same again. Nothing – because one of the family is a killer.As the leaves of autumn fall, Daisy Darker arrives at her grandmother’s house for eightieth birthday celebrations.Seaglass, the Darker’s ancestral home, is a crumbling Cornish house perched upon its own tiny private island. Every member of the family has their secrets. Nana, alone for so long.Daisy's absent father, Frank. Her cold-hearted mother, Nancy. Her siblings, Rose and Lily, and her niece, Trixie, full of questions and without a father of her own.Daisy has never had an easy relationship with her family, but some secrets are much darker than others. This will be a gathering that some of them won't remember. Show more