--- product_id: 8591979 title: "The Likeness" price: "273 DH" currency: MAD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ma/products/8591979-the-likeness store_origin: MA region: Morocco --- # The Likeness **Price:** 273 DH **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Likeness - **How much does it cost?** 273 DH with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ma](https://www.desertcart.ma/products/8591979-the-likeness) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description New York Times bestselling author Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Hunter , 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 ). “Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting.” — The New York Times 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. The victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, an alias Cassie once used as an undercover cop. Suddenly, Cassie is back undercover, to find out not only who killed this young woman, but, more importantly, who she was. The Likeness is a supremely suspenseful story exploring the nature of identity and belonging. Review: More Than a Mystery - Brilliant - The Likeness: A Novel by Tana French is a gorgeous book. It is beautifully written and guaranteed to give the reader goose flesh. It can easily be called a mystery but it is much more than that because in this author's hands it becomes a study of identity, being, and the core essence of who we truly are. I had just finished reading Faithful Place: A Novel when I started The Likeness and I don't think that Tana French's books need to be read in any particular order. However, I think it would be more fun had I read The Likeness first because I would have been more familiar with the character of Frank Mackey. The Likeness starts out with the stabbing and murder of a young graduate student who looks enough like Detective Cassie Maddox to be her twin. The dead girl's name is Lexie Madison and she was living with four other graduate students from Trinity College near Dublin. Frank Mackey is a detective in the murder division and is Cassie Maddox's boss. He decides, along with Cassie, that they will begin 'Project Mirror' and pretend that Lexie Madison is not dead, that she survived the stabbing and was merely in a coma. Cassie will go undercover as Lexie and live with the four other roommates until she can identify the killer. What makes this even more interesting is that the name 'Lexie Madison' is the name of one of Cassie Maddox's past aliases when she used to work undercover. I know, it sounds weird. Cassie used to be Lexie. Lexie is now dead and Cassie is playing the role of Lexie again. But that's how it is. It's a game of identity, undercover, out of the shadows and into the woods. It's about what is what and who is who - - really. While this is a mystery at its essence, it is more than what we usually consider a mystery. It is a mystery about the metaphors of life and identity. It is about killers and victims, cops and criminals, reality and fantasy. Who are we and are we really who and what we think we are? This all works because it is in the hands of a master author who loves words and uses them as smoothly as hand cream. She turns words over and over like leaves blowing in the wind. We see the seasons in her words because they are that changing, ephemeral and beautiful. They come alive and we are totally sucked in. This is a book for people who like to read and who appreciate a really good book. It is a book that I can't wait to pass on to my husband so that we can talk about it together. It is a book I won't forget, filled with characters who will live long in my mind. Review: Good but not as compelling as In the Woods - I'm not a big mystery reader, but I enjoy Tana French's writing. It's more suspenseful and psychological than just plot-driven. However, I was so enthralled by the book that comes before this one, In the Woods, and was a little disappointed with this one as a follow up. However, let me just say up front that it was not boring and definitely held my attention throughout. That is a good thing. It obviously could be read separately from the other book. But I kept wanting to see something come of the relationship between Rob Ryan and Cassie Maddox, and it was just mentioned as an underlying reason that Cassie moved from the Murder Squad to Domestic Violence. She tries to call him once in a weak moment but then hangs up. So there was that feeling of unfinished business. (Maybe there is a third novel about these two?) Rob Ryan didn't even really have a part in this one. Then there is the story. It's hard to account for a lot of the decisions Cassie makes in this--they don't really always go along with her character. She does seem to have a self-destructive urge, so I guess that's part of why she takes some risks. And it is kind of interesting and believable that she gets a kind of Stockholm syndrome with the group she's infiltrated as an undercover agent. Her relationship with her boss on this case, Frank, is a little odd. He's a hardass, she's a hardass, and yet she lets him put her in some hairy situations and then doesn't always let him know when things are getting out of hand. But it makes for a good story. At any rate, this is a good mystery, with building suspense. The characters are three-dimensional. I just would have liked to see something of Rob Ryan in this again too. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #15,380 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #480 in Murder Thrillers #490 in Suspense Thrillers #531 in Police Procedurals (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 22,383 Reviews | ## Images ![The Likeness - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81xOnucuu+L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ More Than a Mystery - Brilliant *by B***Y on August 6, 2010* The Likeness: A Novel by Tana French is a gorgeous book. It is beautifully written and guaranteed to give the reader goose flesh. It can easily be called a mystery but it is much more than that because in this author's hands it becomes a study of identity, being, and the core essence of who we truly are. I had just finished reading Faithful Place: A Novel when I started The Likeness and I don't think that Tana French's books need to be read in any particular order. However, I think it would be more fun had I read The Likeness first because I would have been more familiar with the character of Frank Mackey. The Likeness starts out with the stabbing and murder of a young graduate student who looks enough like Detective Cassie Maddox to be her twin. The dead girl's name is Lexie Madison and she was living with four other graduate students from Trinity College near Dublin. Frank Mackey is a detective in the murder division and is Cassie Maddox's boss. He decides, along with Cassie, that they will begin 'Project Mirror' and pretend that Lexie Madison is not dead, that she survived the stabbing and was merely in a coma. Cassie will go undercover as Lexie and live with the four other roommates until she can identify the killer. What makes this even more interesting is that the name 'Lexie Madison' is the name of one of Cassie Maddox's past aliases when she used to work undercover. I know, it sounds weird. Cassie used to be Lexie. Lexie is now dead and Cassie is playing the role of Lexie again. But that's how it is. It's a game of identity, undercover, out of the shadows and into the woods. It's about what is what and who is who - - really. While this is a mystery at its essence, it is more than what we usually consider a mystery. It is a mystery about the metaphors of life and identity. It is about killers and victims, cops and criminals, reality and fantasy. Who are we and are we really who and what we think we are? This all works because it is in the hands of a master author who loves words and uses them as smoothly as hand cream. She turns words over and over like leaves blowing in the wind. We see the seasons in her words because they are that changing, ephemeral and beautiful. They come alive and we are totally sucked in. This is a book for people who like to read and who appreciate a really good book. It is a book that I can't wait to pass on to my husband so that we can talk about it together. It is a book I won't forget, filled with characters who will live long in my mind. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good but not as compelling as In the Woods *by A***K on April 4, 2013* I'm not a big mystery reader, but I enjoy Tana French's writing. It's more suspenseful and psychological than just plot-driven. However, I was so enthralled by the book that comes before this one, In the Woods, and was a little disappointed with this one as a follow up. However, let me just say up front that it was not boring and definitely held my attention throughout. That is a good thing. It obviously could be read separately from the other book. But I kept wanting to see something come of the relationship between Rob Ryan and Cassie Maddox, and it was just mentioned as an underlying reason that Cassie moved from the Murder Squad to Domestic Violence. She tries to call him once in a weak moment but then hangs up. So there was that feeling of unfinished business. (Maybe there is a third novel about these two?) Rob Ryan didn't even really have a part in this one. Then there is the story. It's hard to account for a lot of the decisions Cassie makes in this--they don't really always go along with her character. She does seem to have a self-destructive urge, so I guess that's part of why she takes some risks. And it is kind of interesting and believable that she gets a kind of Stockholm syndrome with the group she's infiltrated as an undercover agent. Her relationship with her boss on this case, Frank, is a little odd. He's a hardass, she's a hardass, and yet she lets him put her in some hairy situations and then doesn't always let him know when things are getting out of hand. But it makes for a good story. At any rate, this is a good mystery, with building suspense. The characters are three-dimensional. I just would have liked to see something of Rob Ryan in this again too. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ When the Personal and Professional Concerns Clash in an Undercover's Mind *by J***L on June 25, 2019* Another Tana French novel I couldn’t stay away from. This one is about an undercover detective who gets emotionally involved in the case, which I always suspected, at least to some degree, that all detectives had to be emotionally involved with the victims as well as the suspects. In the story, the young detective Cassandra Murdoch (Cassie) is called to see a dead body, which is the exact likeness of herself. Cassie is having some kind of an occupational crisis and she has left the murder squad and is working in domestic violence, but she is a good undercover and her old boss together with her boyfriend Sam in the murder squad call her to ask her to the task, as the deceased has taken Cassie’s old undercover name Lexie Madison and has been living in a house with four other young college students. As the result of her old boss Frank Mackey’s machinations, although Sam is worried about Lexie’s safety, Cassie accepts the job and begins living with the others as Lexie who actually survived the attack, while she acts as if her memory is damaged and she doesn’t recall how the stabbing happened and who did it. To do this, Lexie is wired and has a gun. From outside, Frank listens in to what happens in the house. Then, each night Lexie/Cassie takes a walk in the dark to talk to Frank and/or Sam on her cellphone, since it used to be Lexie’s habit to take such walks alone because that was the only time she had some privacy for the reason that the group was so tight-knit that nobody could do anything alone without being discovered. As Cassie gets to know the four friends, however, she begins liking them and some kind of loyalty to them takes hold inside her. Who was Lexie in real life, who murdered her, and is the murderer one of the young people in the house? Add to this, the local town’s resentment of these young people, the plot takes many turns and twists. Many a renowned writer would envy this author for putting together all this so expertly and creating strong emotions as well, especially because this is a murder-mystery story involving an undercover detective. Yet the undercover detective is swayed with human thoughts and feelings and is not far from being impressed with what happens around her. As the narrator of the story, Cassie is a complex yet sympathetic and very believable protagonist. The suspense in the book is unimaginable as the reader together with Cassie gets to know the other four friends and hopes the murderer is not among them, but that he came from outside. This part of the puzzle together with the reason for the attack, however, the readers will have to find out on their own, and that is where the real story is. Although not a fan of the murder/mystery genre, this is the fourth book I have read by Tana French within a short time, although her books are relatively long. This one is probably the shortest with 419 pages, and I just can’t wait to read the rest of her work. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad) - In the Woods: A Novel (Dublin Murder Squad) - Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ma/products/8591979-the-likeness](https://www.desertcart.ma/products/8591979-the-likeness) --- *Product available on Desertcart Morocco* *Store origin: MA* *Last updated: 2026-06-07*