The Likeness
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| Author | Tana French |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Dublin Murder Squad |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | Viking Penguin |
Publication date | 17 July 2008 |
| Publication place | Ireland |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 466 |
| ISBN | 978-0143115625 |
| 823/.92 22 | |
| Followed by | Faithful Place |
The Likeness is a 2008 mystery novel by Tana French. Set in Ireland, it is the second volume in French's Dublin Murder Squad series. The Likeness and In the Woods, the first book of the series, are the inspiration for the BBC and Starz's 2019 Dublin Murders, an eight-episode series.
The story follows the efforts of detective Cassie Maddox to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of Lexie Madison, a young woman who is her doppelgänger.[1] The dead woman not only resembles Cassie but also was living under an alias the detective used in an earlier undercover assignment. A senior police officer, Frank Mackey, convinces Cassie to impersonate the dead woman to investigate her death and to discover who she really was.
As the investigation proceeds, Cassie becomes consumed by her impersonation of the murder victim. She forms deep bonds with the dead girl’s four housemates, who are suspects in the murder. Boundaries begin to blur between Cassie's real and undercover identities.
Continuity
Cassie Maddox was a character in French's 2007 In the Woods. Her partner in In the Woods, Adam "Rob" Ryan, is mentioned briefly in The Likeness. Frank Mackey appears in French's later novels Faithful Place (2010) and The Secret Place (2014).