SPOILERS for The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

 




The following post contains spoilers, read with caution. 


The two people killed at the Briarwood House were Bob McDowell and Sydney's abusive husband. 

Grace March was a Russian spy who had unofficially defected. She found life in America to be more appealing and walked away from her partner, Bob McDowell. He came after Grace when he saw the photo of her taken at the bake-off. Grace killed him and they were all arguing about what to do with Grace when Sydney's drunk, abusive husband showed up. Arlene killed Barrett when he arrived at the house because she thought he was another "commie spy" coming after Grace.

They told the police that McDowell was an intruder who killed Sydney's husband, they chased the intruder upstairs and killed him out of defense. The case was closed with nobody getting in trouble. 

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