Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to deal with the events of In the Woods. She is out of the Murder Squad and has started a relationship with fellow detective Sam O'Neill but is too badly shaken to commit to Sam or to her career. Then Sam is allocated a new case, that of a young woman stabbed to death just outside Dublin. He calls Cassie to the murder scene and she finds the victim is strangely familiar. In fact, she is Cassie's double. Not only that, but her ID says she is Lexie Madison the identity Cassie used, years ago, as an undercover detective. With no leads, no suspects and no clues, Cassie's old undercover boss spots the opportunity of a lifetime: to send Cassie undercover in the dead girl's place. She could pick up information the police would never hear and tempt the killer to finish the job. So Cassie moves into Whitethorn House, poses as a post-grad student, and prepares to enter Lexie's world.
This book was just OK for me, admittedly, crime/thriller novels are not really one of my favorite genres, but I had heard a lot of praise for this author, so I thought I would give it a try! I found it a bit slow going in the beginning, but around page 150 it started to pick up and kept my interest for the rest of the book. The storyline on the whole was just so implausible and that really distracted me through the whole novel..I wanted more "WHY" and it just never came. I kept reading and reading and waiting for that moment when the sky becomes clear and the angels sing and you gasp and exclaim "aha! So that is why or what happened and ya, it never came. All that being said I did enjoy this author's "writhing" the dialogue was fast paced and witty and flowed beautifully making it a very enjoyable book to "read". I have the author's other book on my reserved list with the library so I will also give it a read and see if I enjoy it more. :)
