The Likeness
A Novel
Readers rate it 4.0 (281 on Hardcover)
486 pages · Released 2008 · Penguin
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The Likeness is a dark adult crime thriller centered on a murder investigation, featuring psychological complexity and morally ambiguous characters. The narrative contains graphic content including violence, substance use, and sexual references appropriate only for mature teen readers and adults. While the prose is literary and character-driven rather than gratuitously explicit, the emotional weight and thematic darkness make it unsuitable for younger readers.
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A follow-up to In the Woods finds a traumatized detective Cassie Maddox struggling in her career and relationship with Sam O'Neill while investigating the unsettling murder of a young woman whose name matches an alias Cassie once had used as an undercover officer. 50,000 first printing. A follow-up to In the Woods finds a traumatized detective Cassie Maddox struggling in her career and relationship with Sam O'Neill while investigating the unsettling murder of a young woman whose name matches an alias Cassie once had used as an undercover officer. 50,000 first printing.
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- Fiction
- Diverse Characters
- A mix driven
- Strong Character Development
- Loveable Characters
- Unloveable Characters
- Weak Character Development
- Not Diverse Characters
- Character driven
- mysterious
- medium-paced
- tense
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ISBN 9780670018864 · Penguin