The Daisy Rock

By Eva Hanagan

“They saw him flung clear of the waves almost upon the rocks and twice the sea snatched him back. It seemed to play with him like an angler with a fish on the line; and, like a hooked fish, Fergus was tiring…”

When Fergus saved his sister, Stella, from drowning as a child in Tangie Bay, he was rightfully proclaimed a hero. But now that Stella is head of her own successful company, Fergus grows increasingly bitter in his retirement, caring only for golf, alcohol and his beloved aquarium.

His wife, Flora, attempts to get the siblings to reconcile, but Stella and Fergus seem to be capable only of dragging each other further into misery. With the resentment Fergus feels towards his sister straining his own marriage, he suggests he and Flora escape on a much-needed minibreak, but his choice of destination fills her with dread: Tangie Bay. Their dream holiday might just be the start of a nightmare…

A delicately crafted tragicomedy about paranoia and lost opportunities, The Daisy Rock is a book that refuses to let you go.

Eva Hanagan was a Scottish author. Her novels include Playmates and Hanging On.