Not a Happy Family
Not a Happy FamilyShari Lapena
Characters in Not a Happy Family
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Catherine Merton
One of the three adult Merton children and a suspect with a share of the inheritance; married to Ted, she begins to suspect her siblings.
Dan Merton
Adult son of Fred and Sheila, married to Lisa; stands to inherit millions and falls under suspicion after his parents are murdered.
Jenna Merton
The third adult Merton child, a suspect alongside her siblings as secrets and motives surface after the double murder.
Supporting characters
Fred Merton
Wealthy patriarch of the Merton family, murdered with his wife at their mansion after a tense Easter dinner; his domineering past with his children looms over the book.
Sheila Merton
Fred's wife and mother of Catherine, Dan and Jenna, killed alongside her husband on Easter Sunday in the family's Brecken Hill home.