1967 in Swinging London. The Beatles had just released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. At Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park the hippies staged sit-ins to legalize marijuana. And even though she was blind since birth, it did not escape Daisy Hayes’ attention that “The times they are a-changin’…”
But just as she reached middle-age and the height of her powers as an artist, Daisy was visited by a ghost from her past. An accomplice in an old story of revenge appeared at the opening of her new sculpture exhibition and made demands she could not ignore.
The man who challenged her was a desperate father, who told Daisy that his fifteen-year-old daughter—a hippie girl—had disappeared without a trace a year earlier. The police was powerless, or indifferent, or both. “You must help me to find her, Daisy Hayes. And you know why I’m asking you? It’s because I happen to know that you’re a real killer…”
Nick Aaron is Dutch, but he was born in South Africa, where he attended a British-style boarding school, in Pietersburg, Transvaal. Later he lived in Lausanne (Switzerland), in Rotterdam, Luxembourg and Louvain. Currently he works for the European Parliament in Brussels, proofreading legislative texts in all 24 official languages. Follow Nick on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/Nick-Aaron-1...
This book is strange to me because the timeline jumps around. Having not read book 1 of the trilogy I can say this is a good stand alone book. Giveaway win
This book should be read in order, indicated at the front of this book, or that of "D for Daisy". It will make more sense, as well as some of the other episodes relate back to this book, thus giving the game away, if you take my meaning. Anyway, once again our Blond Daisy is confronted by some unusual circumstances, and uses some ingenious ways to thwart death. So, but you really need to read the story for yourself. It's unusual and intriguing.
I won this book on Goodreads (Kindle version) for an honest review.
I found this to be an exciting and fun book to read. I felt like I was back in time living the experience of this adventure. The author describes the past with great detail and realism. I highly recommend this story and even though I did not read the 1st book, this book did work well on its own (it did however, make me want to go and read the authors other works as I really did enjoy his style of writing).
Daisy is black mailed into helping a man find his daughter. Loretta had run away and joined a commune. Now there is no trace of her. Then she finds herself in the clutches of the madman. A story of survival, strength and the evil of ruthless men. Recommend Series.
Another great read for this series! Book 2 of 3 starts 20 years or so after the war has ended. But at least the author catches you up briefly on what our main character, Daisy, has been up to till then! Can't wait to see what is in store in book 3!
2nd book in the series. A little more gore, a little more getting inside the main character's head. Character development outside of the main one is a little lacking.
I did not enjoy the sordid subject matter that was part of the storyline. That being said, I still completed the book. I always finish any book I start no matter what. Planning on reading the third book in the series with hopes I will enjoy it.
Although Nick Aaron's style is still a little simplistic for my taste I was amazed at just how well he managed to communicate the fear Daisy feels - I was utterly gripped by the story and incredibly glad that ultimately it had a HEA ending.
Enjoyed book 1. Found Book 2 to be a waste of time reading. Forced myself to slog thru to 50% mark and FINALLY called it quits. Wasting my time "darling"...