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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. 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 weave come to love, from an author who has proven that she can deliver.
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"Police procedures, psychological thrills and gothic romance beautifully woven into one stunning story." Kirkus Reviews
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"French creates remarkably complex characters while gradually unpeeling the layers of her story in this rich and insightful psychological thriller. A stunner." Library Journal
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"Suspense writing is clearly French's forte. Rather than employing cliff-hanger tactics, such as ending chapters with striking discoveries, French relies on more delicate revelations to engage readers all along." Rocky Mountain News
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"Ms. French resists genre conventions defiantly enough to have written a long, rambling book, one that is more interested in character revelations than in 'Aha!' moments about the plot....Cassie herself remains a strong enough character to sustain interest." Janet Maslin, The New York Times
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The haunting follow-up to the Edgar Award-winning debut In the Woods
Tana French astonished critics and readers alike with her mesmerizing debut novel, In the Woods. Now both French and Detective Cassie Maddox return to unravel a case even more sinister and enigmatic than the first. Six months after the events of In the Woods, an urgent telephone call beckons Cassie to a grisly crime scene. The victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, an alias Cassie once used. Suddenly, Cassie must discover not only who killed this girl, but, more importantly, who is this girl? A disturbing tale of shifting identities, The Likeness firmly establishes Tana French as an important voice in suspense fiction.
Read Tana French's newest novel, The Trespasser, available now from Viking."
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New York Times bestselling author Tana French: has become required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting (The New York Times) is the most interesting, most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years (The Washington Post), inspires cultic devotion in readers most crime fiction is diverting; French's is consuming." (The New Yorker) Look out for Tana French s newest novel, The Trespasser, available now In the "compelling"* and "pitch perfect"** follow up to Tana French s runaway bestseller
In the Woods, it's six months later and Cassie Maddox has transferred out of the Dublin Murder squad.But an urgent telephone call beckons Cassie to a grisly crime scene. The victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, an alias Cassie once used as an undercover cop. Suddenly, Cassie must discover not only who killed this girl, but, more importantly, who is this girl?
Best Novel of the Year by Salon.com, The Christian Science Monitor, and Publisher s Weekly
Crime Fiction Favorite by Los Angeles Times
Runner Up for Best Thriller of the Year, New York Magazine"
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New York Times bestselling author Tana French, author of The Witch Elm, is "the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years" (The Washington Post) and "inspires cultic devotion in readers." (
The New Yorker)
"Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting" -- the New York Times
In the "compelling" (Boston Globe) and "pitch perfect" (Entertainment Weekly) follow up to Tana French's runaway bestseller In the Woods, it's six months later and Cassie Maddox has transferred out of the Dublin Murder squad with no plans to go back -- until an urgent telephone call summons her to a grisly crime scene. The victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, an alias Cassie once used as an undercover cop. Cassie must discover not only who killed this girl, but, more importantly, who was this girl?
Synopsis
French presents the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times-bestselling psychological thriller In the Woods.
About the Author
Tana French grew up in Ireland, Italy, the United States, and Malawi. She trained as an actor at Trinity College Dublin and has worked mainly in theater.