' inspires cultic devotion in readers…most crime fiction is diverting French's is consuming.' 'Tana French is the most interesting, most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years.' French - and she has become required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting - make only one assumption: All of your initial assumptions are wrong” “The verve of her writing illuminates the uncanny experience of stepping into someone else’s life. “Savor French’s turns of phrase and simmering suspense until the prospect of finishing shuts all distractions out.” “The writing is glorious, and the characters and drama so compelling”

Cassie is a character - the eternal lost child - you can really care about. “Tana French puts a clever twist on every lonely child’s fantasy of leading a parallel life when she creates an alternate identity for her detective in THE LIKENESS. The Likeness nearly pitch-perfect follow-up to her 2007 debut thriller, In the Woods.”

The Likeness is a supremely suspenseful story exploring the nature of identity and belonging. Suddenly, Cassie is back undercover, to find out not only who killed this young woman, but, more importantly, who she was. The victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, an alias Cassie once used as an undercover cop. In the “compellingˮ ( The Boston Globe) and “pitch perfectˮ ( Entertainment Weekly) follow-up to Tana French’s runaway bestseller In the Woods, Cassie Maddox has transferred out of the Dublin Murder Squad-until an urgent telephone call brings her back to an eerie crime scene. “Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting.” - The New York Times New York Times bestselling author Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher, 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).

The likeness by tana french