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. 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. The dead girl's ID says her name is Lexie Madisonthe identity Cassie used years ago as an undercover detectiveand she looks exactly like Cassie. Then Sam calls her to the scene of his new case: a young woman found stabbed to death in a small town outside Dublin. 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.

Six months after the events of In the Woods, Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to recover. If, however, you take it on faith and go with the plotline, it’s a tense, page-turning story with some terrific character development.The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling psychological thriller In the Woods. In this book, I didn’t quite buy the premise that the two women looked enough alike that none of Lexie’s roommates – who live like a family – would know the difference. The only question is, will Cassie end up like Lexie did as well?Įvaluation: Tana French is an excellent, intelligent writer. She has to be absolutely convincing to the four postgrad students with whom Lexie had been living – Daniel, Abby, Justin, and Rafe, as well as to other acquaintances, and most especially, the murderer. It’s a dangerous game, but Cassie, like “Lexie,” is fearless. There’s a very good reason Frank calls Cassie: Lexie Madison is Cassie’s old undercover name, and the murder victim looks remarkably like her.įrank decides to use this likeness to search for the murderer of “Lexie” by claiming Lexie was resuscitated, and sending Cassie back into the Lexie’s life. Although this book can easily stand alone, I think it will be a richer reading experience if you already know Cassie from the previous book.Ĭassie is called by Frank Mackey, her former boss in police undercover work, to come back on his staff temporarily to find out what happened to Lexie Madison, a young woman found dead in the Wicklow area of Ireland. In The Likeness, French continues the story of Detective Cassie Maddox, who was introduced to readers in In The Woods.

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