#47 in Crime & mystery
The Likeness
- 466
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Likeness” is a densely written mystery whose pleasures are character and atmosphere. In this second Dublin Murder Squad novel a detective goes undercover as a murdered woman who looked just like her, among a small household of students. Readers consistently praise French’s prose and her close study of that group; some find the premise far-fetched and the ending less than satisfying, and still report being gripped.
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About the book
The Likeness is a 2008 mystery novel by Tana French. Set in Ireland, it is the second volume in French's Dublin Murder Squad series. The Likeness and In the Woods, the first book of the series, are the inspiration for the BBC and Starz's 2019 Dublin Murders, an eight-episode series.
Reading order · Dublin Murder Squad
Full order & progress →- In the WoodsStart here
7.47.4 / 10 - The LikenessThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - Faithful Place
7.87.8 / 10 - Broken Harbour
–Not ranked yet - The Secret Place
7.67.6 / 10 - The TrespasserThe Trespasser–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 295 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 67% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 13 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 282 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Likeness?
It has 466 pages — longer than 74% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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