# Miss Laura Hoode — The Rasp character guide

> Miss Laura Hoode in The Rasp by Philip MacDonald.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Laura Hoode, Laura, Miss Hoode

**First appearance:** 0007-iii-cock-robin-s-house

## Who they are

The murdered minister's only sister, whose grief the newspapers package for public consumption while the real woman behind the headline remains, for now, unseen.

## In the story

### [The Rasp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rasp_se/chapters/the-rasp)

John Hoode's sister, who is present at Marling and is later confronted by Anthony about letters.

### [Tolling the Bell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rasp_se/chapters/i-tolling-the-bell)

Sister of the deceased; mentioned as prostrated by the shock.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rasp_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as the sister of the deceased, prostrated by shock.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rasp_se/chapters/i)

The woman Anthony needs to get on the right side of to proceed with his investigation.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rasp_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as having discovered her brother's body; Anthony intends to see her.

### [Secretary and the Sister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rasp_se/chapters/vi-secretary-and-the-sister)

Found leaving the study; speaks briefly with Anthony and expresses her grief.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rasp_se/chapters/ii)

Caught secretly leaving the study; her flat demeanor and hidden actions raise suspicion.

### [IX: The Inquest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rasp_se/chapters/ix-the-inquest)

Margaret finds her behavior contradictory and unsettling during the inquest.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rasp_se/chapters/iii)

Her contradictory demeanor at the inquest makes Margaret Warren uncomfortable.

### [X: Birds of the Air](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rasp_se/chapters/x-birds-of-the-air)

Interviewed by Anthony; she is defensive and lifeless, but Anthony presses her about a clue.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rasp_se/chapters/i)

Anthony intends to speak with her about the case.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rasp_se/chapters/ii)

Initially defensive and hostile, she breaks down under Anthony's interrogation, confessing that she stole the letters from her brother John's desk to hide his affair with a dancer named Vanda. She shows a more human side as she weeps for her brother.

## Links

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