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Loading... The Likenessby Tana French
  
No current Talk conversations about this book. Loved this book. (  ) mariacfox | Jun 19, 2017 |  yeah okay i had a hunch what had happened after like the first 10%. of course i had my doubts along the way but the way it's set up, it's not hard to guess. and i have just read 'the secret history' so yeah. but it was really really enjoyable and i grew really attached to the characters. and that last chapter made me cry. i think what i loved most was the writing style, which was... descriptive without being dense and atmospheric but in a different way than other mystery books. so yeah, i do whole-heartedly recommend this. and it appears that i might have a type when it comes to books. stranger entering insular group of friends who might or might not be hiding some things? yeah i love that. bonus points if it's mystery. idk i love books about friendship. (  ) Banoczi_Henrietta | Jun 19, 2017 | After Daniel discovered Lexie is actually not the "real Lexie" but an undercover police detective named Cassie he fails to tell his housemates, all of whom Cassie is investigating along with Daniel. But let's Cassie continue her investigation posing as Lexie. The story was already a stretch. At that point it crashed and burned. I've read all of French's books, only this one was a one star. (  ) trek520 | May 25, 2017 | The second in French’s psychological detective series is a sight better than the first. With a significantly less neurotic narrator, the story itself is allowed to star in the novel. Cassie Maddox, a secondary character in In the Woods, takes the lead in The Likeness as she copes with the aftermath of the disastrous murder case from six months prior and adjusts to her new role in the Domestic Violence department. However, the murder of a woman appearing nearly identical to Detective Maddox and carrying ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, a previous alias of hers, has Maddox drawn back into Undercover to infiltrate the dead woman’s life in search of answers. While the circumstances of this case are nearly too fantastical and preposterous to be believable, the psychological web of lies and suspicions make the novel a page-turner. Despite featuring French’s signature frustratingly fallible characters, In the Woods is a thrilling, disturbing story of hidden identities and dark discoveries. (  ) GennaC | May 9, 2017 | The truth may not be so black and white in this suspenseful mystery where Dublin detective Cassie Maddox goes undercover to solve a murder. Can she keep from falling for her own lies? mcmlsbookbutler | May 4, 2017 |
 Although she overburdens the traditional police-procedural form with the weight of romance, psychological suspense, social history and mythic legend, she sets a vivid scene for her complex characters, who seem entirely capable of doing the unexpected. Tolv år gamle Adam Ryan lekte i skogen sammen med de to beste vennene sine en vakker solkinnsdag.Han så dem aldri igjen.Tjue år senere er Adam, eller Rob som han kaller seg nå, etterforsker i Dublin-politiet. Kollegene kjenner ikke til bakgrunnen hans som offer for en forbrytelse. Partneren hans er Cassie Maddox. Rob og Cassie får saken da en jente blir funnet drept på et steinalter midt i en arkeologisk utgravning. Først da de kommer til åstedet skjønner Rob at dette er det samme stedet som der vennene hans forsvant den gangen for lenge siden.Og da de finner en hårspenne som han gjenkjenner som en venninnen hans hadde, melder spørsmålet seg: Er det en sammenheng mellom det som skjedde den gangen og mordet de skal etterforske nå? Rob vet at dersom han avslører sin fortid for andre enn Cassie kommer han til å bli tatt av saken; han tar en skjebnesvanger avgjørelse om å tie. Sammen med Cassie skal han oppklare mordet på Katy Devlin, og han håper at han dermed også vil løse gåten i sin egen fortid.
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(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:08:51 -0400)
Six months after the events of In the Woods, 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--From publisher description.… (more)
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