wow!!! Talk about determination! Very good book and very well written! Thanks so much for the copy! I would like to purchase a copy for the store!!!

This is a great true crime book as that it gets right to the point. All characters are explained and this makes it easy to follow along. The majority of this book is dealing with the trial although it does start off with the actual crime itself. Family is explained as far as the daughter and the father mostly and the fact that the daughter had no clue as to her fathers homosexuality so the trial was both shocking and hard for her. I would recommend this to true crime readers as it gets right to the point and doesn't add in a lot of unnecessary points.

The author did a fantastic job of telling the story of her childhood and the murder of her father. It must have been very painful and emotional to put her thoughts in writing.This is a very interesting and thought provoking book. A must read for lovers of true crime. Thanks to Denise Wallace for this insight into her life and the life of her father. Many thanks to Net Galley for my copy. I reviewed on Goodreads.

Daddy's Little Secret is far more heartbreaking than I'm accustomed to reading from a true crime book. It was also incredibly gripping, engaging, and an exciting read.

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.
This is a story written by a murder victim's daughter. The father was a closet homosexual, which was something she never knew. He was murder by a young drug addict who claimed he killed in self-defense because he was in fear for his life. Much is made about the difference in the two men in height and weight. Her father was a large man who the defense said was violent and overpowered the younger, "slight built" drug addict. The author goes into her past with her father who for years had been an alcoholic when she was young. She talks about all the time she spent with him and the things they did and places they went. The past she tells of, consisted of a lot of drinking on his part and her going for rides with him while drunk and him making her drive because he was too drunk. She talks about him being violent with her mother, which the mother denies, how he be passed out drunk while she was there with friends. Nowhere, does she ever mention telling anyone including her mother about these things. The focus she uses most is about her loving relationship with him, but then she hears the defense depict him as a violent man and suddenly she feels sorry for the killer. I just don't understand so much, even a slight drug addict can be unbelievably strong and could have been the instigator of violence. Even if her father was a recovering alcoholic and gay, none of his friends gave any hint of violence, anger yes, pushy yes, but not violent. By the end of the trial it sounded like all her sympathy went to the killer and very little to her father. I don't know if her father did become a violent man at the end, but he did not deserve what happened to him. If the killer would have ran with stealing items or trying to get rid of evidence with bleach I might have had some sympathy. The book was good, but unsatisfying. In the title it says it's a quest to solve her father's murder, sorry but I don't think she did anything of the kind. Review was shared on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, GoodReads and Facebook.

Such a heartbreaking story of a daughter seeking justice for her father. The saddest thing is that nothing can return her father to her and all of his secrets caused more pain. There were times when, if this were fiction, I would be critical of the author but this was not fiction. One of those times when fiction is stranger than life. Thank you to Netgalley for recommending this story. Although well written, this story is exhausting and requires some emotional R&R for recovery.

One of the best true crime books I have read. Unflinchingly honest, even when dealing with difficult private matters. Beautifully written. Highly recommended for all readers.

The author of this did a terrific job depicting the life of such a complex character and what his daughter had to go through. I found this to be riveting and especially enjoyed the trial scenes.

This book must have been very painful to write, but it is written beautifully. It is the story of a child who discovers her parents as the adults she never knew. We all have secrets and bad habits that we try to cover up. Especially in front of a child. It is clear that Dad loved his daughter but could not resist his needs.
A child can't see how off or unacceptable behavior of cherished parent.
When one of those parents is lost suddenly and tragically, the desire to know and understand how it could have happened is both compelling and dangerous. As the layers of the onion are peeled back, the child has to reconsider memories and assumptions that shake her foundations.

This book is so well written, with pain, confusion and compassion. The author's voice and clarity tell the story articulately, in some cases, eloquently.
It is hard to imagine the journey the author had to take, but her honesty and candor throughout reveals awful truths she had to discover and accept.
It does make me wonder about my parents, what secrets they must have.

What a fantastic book! Author Denise Wallace did an excellent job telling the story of her father's murder while having to relive painful memories from her childhood and then discover that he led an alternative life style. This book grabbed my attention from the first page and it was hard to put down. I highly recommend this book.

Not very good, and frankly, while I hardly qualify as a prude, I found all the detailed information, VERY detailed information of his associations with other homosexuals over the top, actually leaving the impression that all gays are so deviant.

I almost stopped reading this book at the get-go when the author decided, not only to relay a conversation that the police had had with an African American woman, but listed it as actual quotes. And, believe it or not, she took the liberty of writing this woman's responses in uneducated dialect. She has no way of knowing what was exactly said and certainly not with the accent that she predjucially (I might have made up a word) gave to this woman. The only thing the author showed, was her own prejudices. An example: "my biness ain't yo biness. Din I tole you that I was gon' get you money for the bills? And ain't that what you wanted?" Or, "hep y'all wid somethin'?. It goes on and on.................

After trying to slog throught this uninteresting recital of Dad's deviant behavior (and I am NOT referring to him being gay), and his violent reactions to his wife (choking her and splitting her head open as just a couple of instances., I gave up reading.

What really was absolutely incredible is that the author said she wrote the book to know more about her beloved father.

Beloved father? Is that the same one who beat up his wife repeatedly? Is that the same one that she characterized as a chronic alcoholic, who ".....drank until he passed out each night. He awoke each morning, only to vomit and crack open another beer". How lovely! And why was a young girl permitted to visit a raging alcoholic alone?

And one more final comment: the photographs were horribly out of focus. So why then even bother to publish them?