The Likeness by Tana French

I have read all the books in this series and enjoyed them all.  I wasn't able to read them in order but I did start with In The Woods, which is the 1st book in the series.  It's been dubbed the Dublin Murder Squad series although the author states that Ireland has no murder squad, that's her creation.  Tana French is a relatively new author but she's got a real flare for this genre.  I think her plots are creative but even more impressive are her characters.  The Likeness, even more than the others, is packed with characters that are very fleshed out and nuanced. The story line here, briefly, is that Cassie Maddox, a female detective we know from In The Woods is brought back as the main character because she is a double for the young murder victim.  The murder victim has also been living under an alias that was developed for one of Cassie's undercover jobs.  Spooky!  As Cassie is sent in undercover again to find out what happened to our victim, we're introduced to a whole household of finely drawn characters as well as a finely drawn locale.  The writing is definitely superior to what one might typically find in a mystery and I find the commentary on contemporary Ireland interesting although I have no way of knowing if any of it's true. I recommend all the books which are, in order, In The Woods, Faithful Place, The Likeness, and Broken Harbor.  I just finished Broken Harbor and  I had a hard time putting it down.