Her Father's Daughter [Hardcover]

William Coughlin (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 330 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Adult; First Edition edition (May 23, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399131280
• ISBN-13: 978-0399131288
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,301,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Is she real?, June 21, 2000

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This review is from: Her Father's Daughter (Hardcover)

The late William J. Coughlin was a federal judge in the Detroit area. He has around 16 books to his credit, among them The Twelve Apostles and Shadow of a Doubt (a NBC TV movie).

Coughlin did an excellent job of plotting and has pretty good action in this book. Those who are looking for similar kinds of macho action as Day of Wrath will be disappointed, however. The main character is Victoria Van Horn, who is at odds with her father. Her father believes that women are to marry & stay at home & spend money. The tension in this story comes from quarrels over money, power, position, and over all looms the spectre of the Vault, a coalition of top-name families with immense wealth.

I did not find the portrayal of some of the characters entirely convincing, especially Victoria Van Horn. Nevertheless, this book is a good read.

To some degree, the writing has stereotypical characters & the plot is fairly standard. Nevertheless, Coughlin has a gift for language and a gift for plotting that carries you along with his work. This book is far more romantic (as with Mary Higgins Clark's work) and far less gritty than Day of Wrath.