Why could Wisting not go about his investigation without the impediment of the annoying daughter? This sub-plot appears in detective series that span continents: Harrow and Jack Irish (tiresome ward) in Australia; dreadful Cally in Midsommer Murders, in Shetland and the daughter in Loch Ness (UK) and even Wallander and several other Scandinavian crime shows.
Let the protagonist just detect, like Vera and George Gently
