I don’t think I’ve ever vaulted from one mystery novel to the second in such rapid succession – normally, I have rules about this sort of thing, and I like to make sure that I don’t read books by the same author in succession (I know, don’t I sound fun?) I loved ‘ In the Woods‘, and I barely paused for breath before starting ‘ The Likeness‘. Honestly, my expectations for this book couldn’t have been a lot higher. The solution to both of these mysteries lies somewhere in Whitethorn house, among the four friends who loved her so deeply. ‘ The Likeness‘ is two mysteries rolled into one: the mystery of Lexie Madison’s death, and the mystery of Lexie Madison’s life. In order to exploit the remarkable similarity in their appearances, Mackey convinces the press to suppress the news of the murder, and sends Maddox into Whitehorn House to live with Lexie’s friends, to learn her life, to discover who might have killed her. The two women could be twins, they look so alike. And now Lexie has been stabbed to death, and left in a cottage near Whitethorn House.Īnd when Cassie Maddox sees the body, she realizes that there is another reason she has been called to this particular crime scene: not only does Lexie Madison wear her name, Lexie is also wearing Maddox’s face. These five students, outsiders, belong utterly to each other, share a bond which is more like a family than any friendship Cassie Maddox has ever seen. It soon becomes clear that the most unusual thing about the already unusual victim is this incredible close friendship. She lives in Whitethorn House, a old estate she shares with her four closest friends, also graduate students. So who has adopted Cassie Maddox’s discarded alias? This new Lexie Madison is a graduate student. Lexie Madison: that is the name of Cassie Maddox’s old undercover alias. Confused initially, for she has left Murder behind her, the call becomes clear when she learns that the body is carrying ID which states her name as Alexandra Madison.
One day, she gets a call from her old mentor from Undercover, Frank Mackey, to come see a dead body. Detective Cassie Maddox, exhausted and heart-broken after the events of ‘ In the Woods‘, has retired from the Murder Squad and has been hiding out in the Domestic Violence division. Winners for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel are listed below.‘ The Likeness‘ is the second of the Dublin Murder Squad series. Debut novels by American novels are eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel. Paperback original novels are eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original. Only hardcover novels written by a published American author are eligible. The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel was established in 1954.
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