The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling psychological thriller In the Woods Six months after the events of "In the Woods," Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to recover. Sheas transferred out of the murder squad and started a relationship with Detective Sam OaNeill, but sheas too badly shaken to make a commitment to him or to her career. Then Sam calls her to the scene of his new case: a young woman found stabbed to death in a small town outside Dublin. The dead girlas ID says her name is Lexie Madisonathe identity Cassie used years ago as an undercover detectiveaand she looks exactly like Cassie. With no leads, no suspects, and no clue to Lexieas real identity, Cassieas old undercover boss, Frank Mackey, spots the opportunity of a lifetime. They can say that the stab wound wasnat fatal and send Cassie undercover in her place to find out information that the police never would and to tempt the killer out of hiding. At first Cassie thinks the idea is crazy, but she is seduced by the prospect of working on a murder investigation again and by the idea of assuming the victimas identity as a graduate student with a cozy group of friends. As she is drawn into Lexieas world, Cassie realizes that the girlas secrets run deeper than anyone imagined. Her friends are becoming suspicious, Sam has discovered a generations-old feud involving the old house the students live in, and Frank is starting to suspect that Cassieas growing emotional involvement could put the whole investigation at risk. Another gripping psychological thriller featuring the headstrong protagonist weave come to love, from an author who has proven that she can deliver.

塔娜‧法兰奇，爱尔兰知名小说家。从小由于父亲工作的关系，迁徙过多个国家，直到1990年才定居都柏林。因为经常搬家，接触不同文化，使得她的观察力也远比一般人敏锐。

她在都柏林的三一学院接受专业演员训练，并曾参与戏剧、电影、配音等工作，而这些经历也帮助她能够成功模拟角色的各种样态。其长篇小说处女作《神秘森林》以睿智、细腻、优雅的叙事手法和纤毫毕现的人物刻画获得全球各地书评的一致赞誉，不仅荣获“爱伦坡奖”、“安东尼奖”、“麦可维提奖”、“巴瑞奖”等四项“年度最佳处女作”大奖，更跃登纽约时报、出版家周刊、今日美国报、旧金山纪事报、洛杉矶时报、丹佛邮报、波士顿环球报、Book Sense、北卡独立书商协会等全美九大畅销排行榜，并入选亚马逊网络书店2007年度编辑推荐选书。此后法兰奇的第二部小说亦再次席卷国际文坛，并同样入选亚马逊网络书店2008年度编辑推荐选书。