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The Likeness: A Novel | 
| Author: Tana French
Publisher: Viking Adult
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 2126
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 0670018864
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9780670018864
ASIN: 0670018864
Publication Date: July 17, 2008
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Product Description
The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling psychological thriller In the Woods
Six months after the events of In the Woods, Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to recover. Shes transferred out of the murder squad and started a relationship with Detective Sam ONeill, but shes too badly shaken to make a commitment to him or to her career. Then Sam calls her to the scene of his new case: a young woman found stabbed to death in a small town outside Dublin. The dead girls ID says her name is Lexie Madisonthe identity Cassie used years ago as an undercover detectiveand she looks exactly like Cassie.
With no leads, no suspects, and no clue to Lexies real identity, Cassies old undercover boss, Frank Mackey, spots the opportunity of a lifetime. They can say that the stab wound wasnt fatal and send Cassie undercover in her place to find out information that the police never would and to tempt the killer out of hiding. At first Cassie thinks the idea is crazy, but she is seduced by the prospect of working on a murder investigation again and by the idea of assuming the victims identity as a graduate student with a cozy group of friends.
As she is drawn into Lexies world, Cassie realizes that the girls secrets run deeper than anyone imagined. Her friends are becoming suspicious, Sam has discovered a generations-old feud involving the old house the students live in, and Frank is starting to suspect that Cassies growing emotional involvement could put the whole investigation at risk. Another gripping psychological thriller featuring the headstrong protagonist weve come to love, from an author who has proven that she can deliver.
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 Top of my list August 20, 2008
I loved every sentence. I think she is the best mystery writer in the business. Sorry John Sandford, but you've slipped to number two on my list.
love love love!! August 16, 2008
The Likeness, Tana French's second mystery novel, is an incredibly creative and engaging story about Cassie, a supporting character in her first novel In The Woods. I highly recommend reading In the Woods before The Likeness, because knowing a little about Cassie before diving into this novel makes it that much better.
Cassie, a former undercover agent is sent back into duty when a murder victim turns up who happens to look like her long lost identical twin. Cassie is put in a house with 4 of her best friends, and the suspense ensues.
I loved every word of this novel, from the brilliant descriptions of the house, to the vividness of every single character. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading a great mystery, and especially to those who loved In the Woods as much as I did.
Tana French's Second Novel Is Another Classic Mystery August 13, 2008
I was amazed during my reading of "In the Woods" on how Tana French, a new author who has no career in law enforcement, could write such a detailed police procedural that goes far beyond the ordinary & deep into the souls of every character. With her second release, "The Likeness", French proves this was no fluke.
With a few of the same characters from her 1st novel, "The Likeness" takes Detective Cassie Maddox, formerly of the Irish Murder Squad and now working with Domestic Violence, into an undercover situation like no one has ever seen before. A young woman is found murdered who bears striking resemblence to Maddox. Beyond this - the victim is also using the name and College ID of a made-up student - Alexandra Madison. Alexandra Madison was actually the name created by Detective Maddox while she worked undercover a few years prior - an identity she longs to forget as the undercover assginment ended with her being stabbed by a College Drug Dealer.
Cassie is approached by her former supervisor from the Undercover Squad, Frank Mackey, who proposes that she take advantage of the look-alike situation and step into the dead girls life. To accomplish this, Maddox and the Police must make it look like the dead girl actually survived the stabbing - a difficult assignment since the girl had 4 housemates, all of whom could have been the killer. As Cassie attempts to pull this off - after much schooling on the life and activities of Alexandra Madison - she risks her own life and career for a case that draws her deeper and deeper into the Lexie Madison persona - so deep that she may lose herself in the process.
I cannot believe that a screenwriter for TV or Film has not come up with this premise before. It is brilliant and the tension never ceases. The book is nearly 500 pages long and I was enthralled from beginning to end. I highly recommend this novel to anyone who wants to escape the boring norm of typical police procedural/mysteries and read something so deeply layered it comes across as fine literature. All I can hope is that Tana French continues with these engaging characters as I eagerly await her third offering!
 The whole book is based on an impossible premise..so August 11, 2008
first you have to put that aside. Really, really you have to ignore it.
If you can do that, and I did, it becomes a truly interesting book.
I loved the characters, and it actually made me wonder what it would be
like if someone could really do what Cassie Maddox does in the book.
I won't give it away, and I found it a great read, but as noted,
yeah, its a stretch, no two ways about it. I would recommend it, tho,
especially if you read her earlier book IN THE WOODS. There are references
to the earlier book, and it may be frustrating to readers who have not
read it.
No loose ends this time out August 9, 2008
This book has all the fine qualities of In the Woods: an evocative setting, lyrical descriptions, multiple story lines
and a web of interesting themes. The reader is lured into the story, not so much by the mystery of the murder, but by the dynamic of the friends who live in Whitethorn House. Tana French uses all the senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, smell as well as the sixth sense, that unexplained "feeling," to weave a tale that wraps around the reader like the oft evoked "duvet." And there are no loose ends this time, which pleases those of us who felt cheated the first time around. With tightening in the middle and at the end (I know, I asked for resolution, just not this much) this could easily be a 5 star read.
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