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Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry

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  Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry This was a page turner! Under the Harrow follows Nora as she searches for her sister's killer in the small English village of Marlow. Entering her sister Rachel's house one late afternoon, Nora discovers both her sister and her sister's dog murdered; the dog hung form the staircase and her sister stabbed to death and lying in her bedroom. Nora, panicked calls the police and an investigation ensues. Is the killer an ex-boyfriend? An ex-con who previously assaulted her? A neighbor? Nora, herself? Nora, impatient with the pace of the investigation and reeling over the loss of her sister stays in the village and puts herself in potentially dangerous situations in order to track the movements of, and to outright question, several people she thinks could give her answers or whom she thinks may have killed her sister. The atmosphere is tense, melancholic, and masochistic. Nora remembers times with her sister, glossing over the bad parts of their ...