About the Book
After suddenly inheriting a funeral home from her father–who she hadn’t heard from in decades–Ilka Jensen has impulsively abandoned her quiet life in Denmark to visit the small town in rural Wisconsin where her father lived. There, she’s devastated to discover her father’s second family: a stepmother and two half sisters she never knew existed. And who aren’t the least bit welcoming, despite Ilka’s efforts to reach out.
Then a local woman is killed, seemingly the unfortunate victim of a home invasion turned violent. But when Ilka learns that the woman knew her father, it becomes increasingly clear that she may not have been a completely random victim after all.
The more Ilka digs into her father’s past, the more deeply entangled she becomes in a family drama that has spanned decades and claimed more than one life–and she may be the next victim…
My Review
Her Father’s Secret by Sara Blaedel started off slow for me and unfortunately, I was never able to get invested in the story. I will note this is the second book in a series and I have not read The Daughter, so that could be a big part of my lack of enthusiasm for this novel. I felt like several plot points could have been interesting – Ilka coming from Denmark to Wisconsin, inheriting a funeral home, the friction with her father’s second family – but I just struggled to stay involved with the characters. The pacing was slow for me and I couldn’t keep connected to any part of the story.
2 stars
