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Daddy's Girl
The unlikely heroine of this Lisa Scottoline thriller (which follows 2006's Dirty Blonde), mousy University of Pennsylvania assistant law professor Natalie "Nat" Greco, finds herself in way over her head when an unintended visit to a minimum-security prison in nearby Chester County puts her in the middle of a deadly uprising -- and places her at the center of an elaborate plot that involves an incarcerated crime boss and more than a few improbable conspirators.
Greco's classes at Penn Law -- the History of Justice, for example -- aren't nearly as well attended as those taught by charismatic and handsome prof Angus Holt. Greco herself is far from immune to Holt's charm, so when he asks her to accompany him to Chester County Correctional Institution to lecture to inmates involved in an externship program, she quickly agrees. But the professors' visit soon turns deadly; a riot erupts, and amid the chaos Greco finds herself alone with a dying correctional officer who has been stabbed through the heart with a metal shank. His last words are a cryptic message to his wife: "It's under the floor." Soon thereafter, Greco is inexplicably set up for the murder of a state trooper and is forced to become a fugitive from justice while she tries to unravel the mystery of the dying man's words.
While not as sexually supercharged or frenetically paced as Dirty Blonde, Daddy's Girl derives its power from the subtle and compelling coming-of-age of protagonist Greco, a sheltered and socially naive woman who, when faced with the ultimate adversity, discovers herself.
Greco's classes at Penn Law -- the History of Justice, for example -- aren't nearly as well attended as those taught by charismatic and handsome prof Angus Holt. Greco herself is far from immune to Holt's charm, so when he asks her to accompany him to Chester County Correctional Institution to lecture to inmates involved in an externship program, she quickly agrees. But the professors' visit soon turns deadly; a riot erupts, and amid the chaos Greco finds herself alone with a dying correctional officer who has been stabbed through the heart with a metal shank. His last words are a cryptic message to his wife: "It's under the floor." Soon thereafter, Greco is inexplicably set up for the murder of a state trooper and is forced to become a fugitive from justice while she tries to unravel the mystery of the dying man's words.
While not as sexually supercharged or frenetically paced as Dirty Blonde, Daddy's Girl derives its power from the subtle and compelling coming-of-age of protagonist Greco, a sheltered and socially naive woman who, when faced with the ultimate adversity, discovers herself.
336 pages, Hardcover
Published March 13, 2007
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Lisa Scottoline
137 books15.6k followersLisa Scottoline is a #1 bestselling and Edgar award-winning author of 33 novels. Her books are book-club favorites, and Lisa and her daughter Francesca Serritella have hosted an annual Big Book Club Party for over a thousand readers at her Pennsylvania farm, for the past twelve years. Lisa has served as President of Mystery Writers of America, and her reviews of fiction and non-fiction have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She also writes a weekly column with her daughter for the Philadelphia Inquirer entitled Chick Wit, a witty take on life from a woman’s perspective, which have been collected in a bestselling series of humorous memoirs. Lisa graduated magna cum laude in three years from the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.A. in English, and cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she taught Justice and Fiction. Lisa has over 30 million copies of her books in print and is published in over 35 countries. She lives in the Philadelphia area with an array of disobedient pets and wouldn’t have it any other way.
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July 27, 2011
I am beginning to wonder what is wrong with my tastes in books.
I had hope for this one. I read the summary and it really got me excited about this book. A heroine who is also a teacher. Another thriller-type book. I am finding that I have drawn myself to this genre.
The book started out decent enough. Most do. But with further reading, it started to become okay. Not great, not exciting, but enough stuff to keep me reading.
It's a big book. Well over 300 pages - actually, 352 pages to be exact (I looked on Amazon).
But once I got towards the end of the book, man, it took a turn for the cheesy. I was just so disappointed with the writing. There would be a moment when the heroine would blow something up and the author would make it a point to mention that no one would be near the blast so no one else would get hurt. This was a theme throughout the end of the book.
Then suddenly, another twist - which I had 'seen' earlier in the story, but no other clues were dropped so I disregarded it. And then at the end, everything comes out - the clues to the twist that were never hinted in the story. It's as if the author decided to throw a bunch of stuff at the very end -- to try to end it with a bang of fireworks.
It just didn't do it for me and I'm bummed at yet another book that disappoints me.
I had hope for this one. I read the summary and it really got me excited about this book. A heroine who is also a teacher. Another thriller-type book. I am finding that I have drawn myself to this genre.
The book started out decent enough. Most do. But with further reading, it started to become okay. Not great, not exciting, but enough stuff to keep me reading.
It's a big book. Well over 300 pages - actually, 352 pages to be exact (I looked on Amazon).
But once I got towards the end of the book, man, it took a turn for the cheesy. I was just so disappointed with the writing. There would be a moment when the heroine would blow something up and the author would make it a point to mention that no one would be near the blast so no one else would get hurt. This was a theme throughout the end of the book.
Then suddenly, another twist - which I had 'seen' earlier in the story, but no other clues were dropped so I disregarded it. And then at the end, everything comes out - the clues to the twist that were never hinted in the story. It's as if the author decided to throw a bunch of stuff at the very end -- to try to end it with a bang of fireworks.
It just didn't do it for me and I'm bummed at yet another book that disappoints me.
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December 27, 2022
A short fun thriller about a law professor who goes into a prison to give a presentation only to have a deadly riot break out. Lots of light twist and turns with a great surprise ending!
June 11, 2015
Lisa Scottoline easily passes the first book test with DADDY'S GIRL. This legal thriller is full of great characters and a twisting plot and guarantees that I will be reading many more books by this best-selling author.
Nat Greco is a law professor at Penn State hoping to earn tenure. Her father is a rich construction magnate and her boyfriend Hank fits right in with her three boisterous brothers. Disaster strikes when Nat visits a local prison with another professor, Angus Holt, to teach a class to inmates. A riot breaks out and Nat is attacked, and given a message by a dying prison guard. "Tell my wife, its under the floor."
The novel takes off from their as Nat struggles to come to terms with her attack, her relationship with her boyfriend Hank, her growing attraction to Angus, and the mystery of what really happened at the prison.
Scottoline is a good writer that populates her novel with interesting characters, including the lead, Nat, and believable plot twists. This is a stand-alone novel, and I plan on trying out more of her books.
Nat Greco is a law professor at Penn State hoping to earn tenure. Her father is a rich construction magnate and her boyfriend Hank fits right in with her three boisterous brothers. Disaster strikes when Nat visits a local prison with another professor, Angus Holt, to teach a class to inmates. A riot breaks out and Nat is attacked, and given a message by a dying prison guard. "Tell my wife, its under the floor."
The novel takes off from their as Nat struggles to come to terms with her attack, her relationship with her boyfriend Hank, her growing attraction to Angus, and the mystery of what really happened at the prison.
Scottoline is a good writer that populates her novel with interesting characters, including the lead, Nat, and believable plot twists. This is a stand-alone novel, and I plan on trying out more of her books.
April 6, 2008
I have mixed feelings about this book, though overall positive. An adult-style Nancy Drew-like mystery.
The narrative begins well, with sufficient detail and interest, so that I could not predicate how the story would unfold. Before I got too bored, there was sufficient action to renew my interest (prison riot) and I still did not know where there plot was leading. Then there was too much action for me, because it seemed like every outing Nat went on led to disaster (car accident, prison blocks, the vice-dean, shootings, etc, plus the family and boyfriend trouble). It was a bit too sensational for me. Nat considered herself a Nancy Drew, and it was like the author combined all the possible scrapes Nancy Drew encountered into one book. Even though Nat was intelligent and a quick-thinker, she always managed to find trouble or adventure. Despite the unrelenting adventure, I was still interested because it still maintained some originality and intrigue. I couldn't predict all the pieces. I was a bit annoyed when she 'gets the guy' so easily before the book is finished, but not enough to stop reading. The end started to get tedious, but then it took an excellent turn and redeemed itself of any cheesiness or cliche. (Well, that may be an overstatement, but the final twist did remove the possibility of a bad review for me.)
It's long, but enjoyable.
The narrative begins well, with sufficient detail and interest, so that I could not predicate how the story would unfold. Before I got too bored, there was sufficient action to renew my interest (prison riot) and I still did not know where there plot was leading. Then there was too much action for me, because it seemed like every outing Nat went on led to disaster (car accident, prison blocks, the vice-dean, shootings, etc, plus the family and boyfriend trouble). It was a bit too sensational for me. Nat considered herself a Nancy Drew, and it was like the author combined all the possible scrapes Nancy Drew encountered into one book. Even though Nat was intelligent and a quick-thinker, she always managed to find trouble or adventure. Despite the unrelenting adventure, I was still interested because it still maintained some originality and intrigue. I couldn't predict all the pieces. I was a bit annoyed when she 'gets the guy' so easily before the book is finished, but not enough to stop reading. The end started to get tedious, but then it took an excellent turn and redeemed itself of any cheesiness or cliche. (Well, that may be an overstatement, but the final twist did remove the possibility of a bad review for me.)
It's long, but enjoyable.
February 11, 2019
This was for the Pink February Challenge! The cover was close to pink in my eyes! I fasted passed story kept you on your toes! I do recommend this book! Really loved it! Could go to 4 1/2 stars!
October 29, 2011
I enjoyed the author's writing style. The characters and their interactions seemed realistic, and she does a great job describing the environment. It's fast-paced, action-packed, reveals information at an appropriate rate, and is full of unexpected plot twists.
I did, however, have a small problem with how the climax panned out; bullets seemed to end up in very convenient places.
I did, however, have a small problem with how the climax panned out; bullets seemed to end up in very convenient places.
April 2, 2008
A little bit different from her norm. Interesting concept and historical information about the underground railroad. It's obvious she does research and I appreciated her kudos to teachers...
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February 12, 2018
Good read--couldn't put it down
January 12, 2022
I have read a lot of Lisa Scottoline's books over the last 16 years or so. She has a really good writing style that appeals to me and holds my reading interest.
Unsure of her skills and status as an assistant professor at Penn Law, Natalie Greco reluctantly accepts her scruffy, charismatic colleague Angus Holt’s invitation to join him at the legal clinic he runs at Chester County Correctional Facility. Their visit to the minimum-security prison goes fine until a riot breaks out. Amid the call to lockdown, three inmates are sadly killed. So is correctional officer Ron Saunders, who dies as Nat is struggling to administer CPR. She’s too late to save his life, but not too late to hear the last words he’s desperate to pass on to his wife Barbara: “It’s . . . under the floor.” Contemplating her boyfriend Hank Ballisteri’s likely reaction to the cuts and bruises she got when she was attacked during the ordeal, Nat is glum. But the worst is still ahead. First, Barbara Saunders disclaims any knowledge of what might be under the floor; then her house is robbed; finally, minutes after Nat leaves her, she’s shot and left for dead, with another murder right around the corner, just waiting to be pinned on Nat. Seasoned fans will eagerly anticipate the developments that follow. Nat and her lawyer talk the police into letting her go; new evidence makes her look guiltier than ever; and, in the tale’s most absorbing pages, she takes it seriously on the whole, showing all the resourcefulness of Scottoline’s other Philadelphia lawyer in disguising herself, boosting a new set of wheels and evading pursuit in route to a clever and well-prepared surprise.
With her love life in jeopardy, her career in the balance, and her life on the line, Nat is thrown back on her resources, her intelligence, and her courage. Forced into hiding to stay alive, she sets out to save herself by deciphering the puzzle behind one man’s last words. And learns the secret behind the greatest puzzle of all — herself.
On the down side, Nat’s relation to her male-dominated construction family, despite the emphasis promised by the title, is less compelling than usual, and the lead criminal is easily spotted by readers less starry-eyed than Nat. Very Decent Book, Recommend.
Unsure of her skills and status as an assistant professor at Penn Law, Natalie Greco reluctantly accepts her scruffy, charismatic colleague Angus Holt’s invitation to join him at the legal clinic he runs at Chester County Correctional Facility. Their visit to the minimum-security prison goes fine until a riot breaks out. Amid the call to lockdown, three inmates are sadly killed. So is correctional officer Ron Saunders, who dies as Nat is struggling to administer CPR. She’s too late to save his life, but not too late to hear the last words he’s desperate to pass on to his wife Barbara: “It’s . . . under the floor.” Contemplating her boyfriend Hank Ballisteri’s likely reaction to the cuts and bruises she got when she was attacked during the ordeal, Nat is glum. But the worst is still ahead. First, Barbara Saunders disclaims any knowledge of what might be under the floor; then her house is robbed; finally, minutes after Nat leaves her, she’s shot and left for dead, with another murder right around the corner, just waiting to be pinned on Nat. Seasoned fans will eagerly anticipate the developments that follow. Nat and her lawyer talk the police into letting her go; new evidence makes her look guiltier than ever; and, in the tale’s most absorbing pages, she takes it seriously on the whole, showing all the resourcefulness of Scottoline’s other Philadelphia lawyer in disguising herself, boosting a new set of wheels and evading pursuit in route to a clever and well-prepared surprise.
With her love life in jeopardy, her career in the balance, and her life on the line, Nat is thrown back on her resources, her intelligence, and her courage. Forced into hiding to stay alive, she sets out to save herself by deciphering the puzzle behind one man’s last words. And learns the secret behind the greatest puzzle of all — herself.
On the down side, Nat’s relation to her male-dominated construction family, despite the emphasis promised by the title, is less compelling than usual, and the lead criminal is easily spotted by readers less starry-eyed than Nat. Very Decent Book, Recommend.
January 8, 2019
I really enjoyed this book. Especially the twist at the end.
December 14, 2020
I enjoyed reading this book. Nice twist at the end too.
January 22, 2025
RIP ponytail
July 4, 2020
This book was so good, lots of twists and turns. I am in awe of Lisa’s writings . I can not wait to start my next one.
June 24, 2014
I am beginning to wonder if it's the reader's digest version of these books that I am reading or the books themselves that is so terrible. So this is a tentative review to be updated later after I have read the full version of this book.
This was nothing much of a mystery that was filled with over exaggerated characters who talk in all caps the whole book. This is annoying if the author didn't know. I wasn't terribly impressed with the male characters they all were really resoundingly cliché and the female characters were no better, flailing around and squirreled away in dark rooms to keep migraines at bay. Oh and somehow the main character, Nat, ties in all her Underground Railroad research talking emotionally about benighted slaves. I'm sorry but her emotions did not ring true for me.
This whole book was very thematic and it was supposed to cover the human sense of justice and what real justice is within the parameters of the law. This was also conveniently reflected in her relationships throughout the book. It displayed that there is always a trade off to justice and not everything can be solved to our liking. Yeah a morality take gone modern and put into a more "adult" setting (just read Grimm's Fairy Tales those are the original morality tales meant to frighten you into submission).
Basically this was nothing more than, as Nat kept mentioning, a Nancy Drew mystery filled with amateur sleuths of the Scooby Doo variety. This storyline was terrible and the "detective" parts were really lack luster in my opinion. Not a lot was done and everything was so simple. Once again I do not know if this was because it was a Reader's Digest selection or because the author is just not my style.
Once again I am going to give this whole version a try and see if it fairs any better but I have doubts and if it isn't any better expect my very generous two star rating to promptly be changed to a one.
This was nothing much of a mystery that was filled with over exaggerated characters who talk in all caps the whole book. This is annoying if the author didn't know. I wasn't terribly impressed with the male characters they all were really resoundingly cliché and the female characters were no better, flailing around and squirreled away in dark rooms to keep migraines at bay. Oh and somehow the main character, Nat, ties in all her Underground Railroad research talking emotionally about benighted slaves. I'm sorry but her emotions did not ring true for me.
This whole book was very thematic and it was supposed to cover the human sense of justice and what real justice is within the parameters of the law. This was also conveniently reflected in her relationships throughout the book. It displayed that there is always a trade off to justice and not everything can be solved to our liking. Yeah a morality take gone modern and put into a more "adult" setting (just read Grimm's Fairy Tales those are the original morality tales meant to frighten you into submission).
Basically this was nothing more than, as Nat kept mentioning, a Nancy Drew mystery filled with amateur sleuths of the Scooby Doo variety. This storyline was terrible and the "detective" parts were really lack luster in my opinion. Not a lot was done and everything was so simple. Once again I do not know if this was because it was a Reader's Digest selection or because the author is just not my style.
Once again I am going to give this whole version a try and see if it fairs any better but I have doubts and if it isn't any better expect my very generous two star rating to promptly be changed to a one.
January 11, 2011
I've read some of this author's other books -- ones set in a law firm where all the lawyers are female. This is another female lawyer, but one who is a law professor, not part of the firm. Her world branches out a bit when a fellow professor coaxes her out of her comfort zone to help teach a seminar in a prison. Her first session there, a prison riot breaks out. A prison guard dies in her arms, his last words a message for his wife that seems to make no sense, but sets her on a path that has her bumping up against bad guys right and left. This poor girl can't even leave the house without someone trying to snuff her. But she gains a little gumption and fights back. Enough twists to make it interesting up to the end, and to keep the character growing.
September 8, 2007
Lisa Scottoline does the same thing over and over - but she does it so well! She kept me up late last night finishing this page-turner.
This book is set in the same environment as her many other books about the all-female law firm, but thankfully we have a new character, a law professor who accidentally gets involved in a prison riot. Scottoline knows how to turn up the heat on her poor protagonists. If you're in the mood for a page-turner that's light and fun, I recommend this. It would be perfect for a long flight.
This book is set in the same environment as her many other books about the all-female law firm, but thankfully we have a new character, a law professor who accidentally gets involved in a prison riot. Scottoline knows how to turn up the heat on her poor protagonists. If you're in the mood for a page-turner that's light and fun, I recommend this. It would be perfect for a long flight.
April 10, 2012
I'd give this book a 3.5 at least. Good, solid writing with a believable protagonist, who gets involved in a prison riot. From this main action, the story leads the reader on an adventure in which the protagonist has to make several critical decisions. I especially like the way the author takes protagonist, Natalie Greco's connection to her family (parents & 3 brothers) and her current boyfriend and makes the reader see how those relationships affect Nat's decisions. The book ends with a twist that I didn't see coming, which is always fun. I would definitely read another Scottoline book.
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October 19, 2021DNF- I have had this on my shelf for a long time. I started it and never could get into it. Maybe it's a great story that I will take up another time? Right now I am putting it away for a rainy day in the future.
January 30, 2010
Prison riot leaves people dead, and the protagonist, a law professor, becomes involved in figuring out they were murdered. Sort of slow; too much other stuff about boyfriend and family.
June 3, 2015
Great book. Could not predict the ending and was very surprised. G
July 24, 2018
Lawyer Nancy Greco is an outlier in her family, a bookworm who doesn’t fit into the all male sports oriented jumble but she loves them nonetheless. While Nancy Greco leads a law class where the students tend to spend more time cruising the web than paying attention, she loves her job. When her very handsome and charming colleague, Angus Holt, proposes a new challenge, Nancy’s up for it. So off they go to the prison to teach law to select inmates. Select being the operative word, Angus notices there are two inmates in his class that he’s not approved but they continue nonetheless. That was a bad idea. When a prison riot break out, Nancy and Angus are smack dab in the middle of it. A guard is grievously injured and Nancy does what she can to save his life and in the process, hears his last words, "tell my wife, it’s under the floor".
Nancy and Angus are successful released and though they face censure from their institutions, she needs to connect with the widow and deliver the message. Thus begins the nightmare that becomes Nancy’s life with enemies from all sides threatening her life and she’s on the run with no one to trust.
Nancy and Angus are successful released and though they face censure from their institutions, she needs to connect with the widow and deliver the message. Thus begins the nightmare that becomes Nancy’s life with enemies from all sides threatening her life and she’s on the run with no one to trust.
February 15, 2022
One of those books that you just can’t put down! This was action packed and thought provoking from beginning to end with just enough plot twists to keep it from being predictable. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a quick crime novel!
February 4, 2022
Easy fun read
June 30, 2022
This is the first book I read of this author. I am not a fan of the law part maybe because I don’t know about the topic. The story was a bit forceful. But plenty of twists and turns. And it was easy to read.
September 11, 2024
Twists and turns.
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August 3, 2025DNF. Not my cup of tea.
September 12, 2019
This was published in 2007 and I’m not sure how I missed it as I thought I had read all of her books! The heroine of this story is named Nat and she is a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania. In her class is a student named Elizabeth Warren (!), then later in the book her teaching colleague, Angus, is quoted “ I’ve gotten threats like that before. It’s an occupational hazard. Most of them are from landlords. Those guys are power trippers of the first order. That’s why Donald Trump is the way he is. It’s not the money, it’s the ownership of the planet.” !! You can see why I had to keep looking at the publication date over and over!! This is a well plotted , fast moving thriller with one of the most heart pounding suspenseful chase sequences I have ever read!!
July 16, 2008
"Daddy's Girl" is a fairly entertaining novel characterized by short chapters, a simple writing style, a fast-moving plot filled with lots of suspense, and an unusually strong protagonist who constantly succeeds in escaping dangerous and violent situations. The plot, however, also is full of coincidences and improbabilities that prevented me from being entertained and enthralled by the action.
The “girl” of "Daddy’s Girl" is Nat Greco, an assistant professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania who is coming up for tenure soon. She is the daughter of wealthy builder and the sister of three competitive, sports-loving brothers. She is described as the bookish, intellectual black sheep of the family. One day, she accepts a colleague’s invitation to teach a class at a nearby prison. She soon regrets her decision when a riot breaks out. After an inmate attempts to rape her and she is saved by her colleague, Nat runs to find help and witnesses a C.O. (correctional officer) bleeding to death after being stabbed by an inmate. Nat’s attempts to save him end with him whispering his final message in her ear: “Tell my wife it’s under the floor.” Nat’s attempts to deliver the message to the widow and decipher the cryptic message lead to more and more danger. Ultimately, she is accused of the attempted murder of the dead C.O.’s wife and the murder of a state trooper. She ends up running from the law, on which she is an authority, in order to prove her own innocence.
One of the major discrepancies about the book that bothers me is the title “Daddy’s Girl.” This title indicates that the premise of the plot is that the main character is trying to free herself form her overly protective father. Actually, her father and her family do not appear that much in the story and there really isn’t much interaction among them when they do appear. Nat’s father doesn’t really seem to care much about what she does or doesn’t do. He doesn’t really do much to make sure that his little girl is safe and happy. As a matter of fact, she does not even fit in with her family.
Another plot development that I find rather improbable is the character transformation of Nat. After the attempted murder of the C.O.’s wife and the murder of the state trooper, Nat suddenly decides to cut her long brunette hair short and bleach it blonde. With this physical transformation comes a personality change and Nat’s behavior becomes rather questionable and curious, such as speeding down icy highways, setting a car on fire, dodging bullets and homicidal pick-up truck drivers, and running from the law. She gets caught by the cops several times but always manages to escape.
Finally, there is a twist in the plot at the end of the novel that seems to come out of nowhere. Nat discovers that the fellow law professor who brought her to the prison at the beginning of the story, and who has become her new love interest, is actually the perpetrator behind the prison riot, a failed prison escape, and all the murders. It seems contrived to me.
See also Linda Fairstein
The “girl” of "Daddy’s Girl" is Nat Greco, an assistant professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania who is coming up for tenure soon. She is the daughter of wealthy builder and the sister of three competitive, sports-loving brothers. She is described as the bookish, intellectual black sheep of the family. One day, she accepts a colleague’s invitation to teach a class at a nearby prison. She soon regrets her decision when a riot breaks out. After an inmate attempts to rape her and she is saved by her colleague, Nat runs to find help and witnesses a C.O. (correctional officer) bleeding to death after being stabbed by an inmate. Nat’s attempts to save him end with him whispering his final message in her ear: “Tell my wife it’s under the floor.” Nat’s attempts to deliver the message to the widow and decipher the cryptic message lead to more and more danger. Ultimately, she is accused of the attempted murder of the dead C.O.’s wife and the murder of a state trooper. She ends up running from the law, on which she is an authority, in order to prove her own innocence.
One of the major discrepancies about the book that bothers me is the title “Daddy’s Girl.” This title indicates that the premise of the plot is that the main character is trying to free herself form her overly protective father. Actually, her father and her family do not appear that much in the story and there really isn’t much interaction among them when they do appear. Nat’s father doesn’t really seem to care much about what she does or doesn’t do. He doesn’t really do much to make sure that his little girl is safe and happy. As a matter of fact, she does not even fit in with her family.
Another plot development that I find rather improbable is the character transformation of Nat. After the attempted murder of the C.O.’s wife and the murder of the state trooper, Nat suddenly decides to cut her long brunette hair short and bleach it blonde. With this physical transformation comes a personality change and Nat’s behavior becomes rather questionable and curious, such as speeding down icy highways, setting a car on fire, dodging bullets and homicidal pick-up truck drivers, and running from the law. She gets caught by the cops several times but always manages to escape.
Finally, there is a twist in the plot at the end of the novel that seems to come out of nowhere. Nat discovers that the fellow law professor who brought her to the prison at the beginning of the story, and who has become her new love interest, is actually the perpetrator behind the prison riot, a failed prison escape, and all the murders. It seems contrived to me.
See also Linda Fairstein
July 25, 2022
the title was really off putting?? i thought it would be some kinky ass book. but it wasn’t?? it was just mediocre and predictable
January 9, 2018
I seem to have a lot in common with Nat on the surface. We both have three brothers and both love books, Nancy Drew and Maine Coon cats. But I'd like to think I have more of a backbone than she does at the beginning of the book. And while my brothers can certainly be obnoxious and immature at times, my family is nowhere near as horrible and disrespectful to me as hers is. I was practically yelling at her to stand up for herself! But I really loved the evolution of her character throughout the book. I hate to use the cliched phrase "page-turner" but this really was. There were a lot of great twists, especially the end. At the point the story seemed to be wrapping up, there were quite a few pages left so I knew there must be more twists ahead. There were, right up until the very end and I didn't predict any of them. I picked up quite a few books by this author at a used book sale and I'm glad I did. She's becoming one of my favorites.
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