Under the Harrow

Author: Flynn Berry

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2016

Pages: 240

Rating: Do Not Recommend

Synopsis: When Nora takes the train from London to visit her sister in the countryside, she expects to find her waiting at the station, or at home cooking dinner. But when she walks into Rachel’s familiar house, what she finds is entirely different: her sister has been the victim of a brutal murder.

Stunned and adrift, Nora finds she can’t return to her former life. An unsolved assault in the past has shaken her faith in the police, and she can’t trust them to find her sister’s killer. Haunted by the murder and the secrets that surround it, Nora is under the harrow: distressed and in danger. As Nora’s fear turns to obsession, she becomes as unrecognizable as the sister her investigation uncovers. 

A riveting psychological thriller and a haunting exploration of the fierce love between two sisters, the distortions of grief, and the terrifying power of the past, Under the Harrow marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer.

Review: This isn't a bad read, but it's not a psychological thriller. It was well-written fiction or mystery rather than thriller. I like the author's writing style and the way the story unfolded, but it just never sucked me in or had me on the edge of my seat. I also found the unreliable narrator to be annoying and unlikeable.

Bottom line, I don't recommend this as a psychological thriller, but as a work of fiction, it's good.