3.5/5 
 I agree with most reviews that The Likeness was much better than In the Woods. But, like In the Woods, The Likeness is very character-heavy, whereas I prefer my mysteries to be filled with more suspense and action. 
 A few years ago, Cassie Maddox stopped working undercover as Lexie Madison. So imagine her surprise when she finds a body of a murdered girl that looks exactly like her and carries her former Lexie ID! This disturbingly weird coincidence gives her the opportunity of a lifetime to go back undercover as the victim and solve the murder from the inside. 
 "Frank spread his arms like it was obvious. 'Look. You've been Lexie Madison before, right? You can be her again. You can - no, hang on, hear me out - if she's not dead, just wounded, right? You can walk straight back into her life and pick up where she left off.'" 
 Of course, going undercover as a murder victim probably isn't the smartest idea. There's the risk that Cassie's cover could be blown at any minute if she said something or behaved in a way that was un-Lexie-like. Also, once she's accepted amongst Lexie's friends, how long would she have to stay undercover? How would she be able to pull out from her undercover position? 
 Going in undercover as Lexie is also kind of clever. Cassie could learn things about Lexie that a regular detective wouldn't be able to discover. But the more Cassie discovered, the more mysterious Lexie became. 
 "It slid through a back corner of my mind that Lexie Madison had been dangerous, under that bright surface, and that maybe she still was." 
 What I really liked about The Likeness is that it is people-focused (yay, restorative justice!) Unlike most mysteries and most crimes in general, The Likeness places a lot of emphasis on the life of the victim and secondary victims (Lexie's housemates). 
 "The cold fact is that every murder I've worked was about the killer... This case had been different from the first moment. I had never been in any danger of forgetting about Lexie; and not just because I carried the reminder photo around with me, there every time I brushed my teeth or washed my hands. From the second I walked into that cottage, before I ever saw her face, this had been about her. For the first time ever, the murderer was the one I kept forgetting."