false 1914973 26 <b>The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling psychological thriller In the Woods</B> Six months after the events of <i>In the Woods</I>, Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to recover. She’s transferred out of the murder squad and started a relationship with Detective Sam O’Neill, but she’s 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 girl’s ID says her name is Lexie Madison—the identity Cassie used years ago as an undercover detective—and she looks exactly like Cassie. With no leads, no suspects, and no clue to Lexie’s real identity, Cassie’s old undercover boss, Frank Mackey, spots the opportunity of a lifetime. They can say that the stab wound wasn’t 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 victim’s identity as a graduate student with a cozy group of friends. As she is drawn into Lexie’s world, Cassie realizes that the girl’s 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 Cassie’s growing emotional involvement could put the whole investigation at risk. Another gripping psychological thriller featuring the headstrong protagonist we’ve come to love, from an author who has proven that she can deliver. 6504351 book 2007 The Likeness: A Novel total:2649|5:682|4:1280|3:561|2:106|1:19| 2649 10448 4569 846 4 12 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 28 18:49:32 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 20:36:43 -0800 2008 In the Woods was good...I sucked down this nearly-500 page sequel in two days and then couldn't believe I'd been apprehensive about In the Woods even needing a sequel.

Detective Cassie Maddox goes undercover, with a twist - she's taking the place of a murder victim who look...more...]]> 5 6 false false Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 06:51:56 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 18:26:53 -0700 2008
...more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 28 15:43:44 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 15:46:37 -0800 2008 In The Woods, I was so excited to run out and get this sequel by Tana French, who I found to be a thrilling writer. I was disappointed. Maybe my expectations were too high after her glorious debut, but I found this book dull. I loved Cassie Maddox in the first book, but found her uns...more...]]> 5 4 false false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 16:25:37 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 16:13:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 20 13:35:26 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 07 05:35:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 15:23:03 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 18:24:06 -0700 2009
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However, the main character of this book was a secondary character in the first book and there are references made ...more...]]> 3 2 false true Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 08:20:31 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 08:33:45 -0800 2009
In the Woods is about murder detective partners Rob and Cassie. Rob has...more...]]> 3 2 false true Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 19:36:09 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 09:30:14 -0800 2008 In the Woods and The Likeness had that key gradual revelation of key plot points and well done foreshadowing, all with the fine balance of action to internal narrative.

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I loved Tana French's first book, so my expectations were set high for the second. While the plot was a bit... hard to believe (what really ARE the chances that a young woman will show up dead and just happen to look like a clone of a d...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 19:35:22 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 12:06:18 -0800 2008 The Likeness is the sequel to In the Woods, and I'd recommend starting there if you're interested in reading it. It's possible that it could work as a stand-alone, but you'll miss a lot of subtle references that add depth to the sequel if you don't read them in order.

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In this book, Cassie Maddox (from In the Woods) goes undercover to discover the murderer of a...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Feb 28 16:51:32 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 16:54:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 09:29:12 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 09:55:13 -0700 2008
This book is a mystery, but at the same time has a bit of a twist in that finding the killer isn't really the main conflict. The whodunnit part of the story is solved with a good chu...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 02 18:50:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 18:57:21 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 14:35:12 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 14:37:12 -0800 2009
In this sequal a young woman is found murdered and Cassie's boyfriend Sam is called in to investigate. He arrives to find the victim is the spitting image of Cassie and w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 09:21:14 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 09:32:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 13:32:12 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 13:59:28 -0800 2008
It's atmospheric and ominous in a way that reminds me of Ruth Rendell back ...more...]]>