![]() ![]() Weirder still, the slain doppelganger - found stabbed on the outskirts of Dublin and whose death is still unknown to her friends - had appropriated Cassie's old undercover name, Lexie Madison. student, is a near perfect physical match for Cassie. The book begins with a familiar face, too: its murder victim, a Ph.D. Narrating The Likeness is a familiar voice, the plucky and impudent Detective Cassie Maddox, who is exiled to Domestic Violence after the events of In The Woods and ensconced in a shaky new relationship with eternal good guy, Detective Sam O'Neill. Readers hoping that this follow-up novel would deliver that resolution should be disappointed for about a minute and a half - the time it takes for the new story to grip. ![]() But I defy you to leave either at home once you've turned the first page.įrench's debut novel, In The Woods (the 2008 Edgar Award winner for best first novel by an American author), audaciously denied the closure that mystery fans crave one of the crimes remained unsolved. But who cares as long as the book fits in your carry-on? Tana French's mysteries break with that pattern: interior characterization drives these books, and both run to nearly 500 pages. ![]() When the phrase "psychological thriller" appears on jacket copy, it's likely that psychological realism has gone out the window. Tana French's debut novel, In The Woods, won the 2008 Edgar Award for best first novel by an American author. ![]()
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