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Maarlevelds narration is perfectly paced for a thriller Her emotional performance suggests that everyone involved is just a step away from danger AudioFile Magazine

Lauren Nossetts artfully written debut The Resemblance is an exhilarating atmospheric campus thriller reminiscent of The Secret History and The Likeness

Never betray the brotherhood

On a chilly November morning at the University of Georgia a fraternity brother steps off a busy crosswalk and is struck dead by an oncoming car More than a dozen witnesses all agree on two things the driver looked identical to the victim and he was smiling

Detective Marlitt Kaplan is first on the scene An Athens native and the daughter of a UGA professor she knows all its shameful histories from the skull discovered under the foundations of Baldwin Hall to the hushedup murdersuicide in Waddel But in the course of investigating this hitandrun she will uncover more chilling secrets as she explores the sprawling interconnected Greek system that entertains and delights the universitys most elite and connected students

The lines between Marlitts police work and her own past increasingly blur as Marlitt seeks to bring to justice an institution that took something precious from her many years ago When threats against her escalate and some longburied secrets threaten to come to the surface she cant help questioning whether the corruption in Athens has run off campus and into the force and how far these brotherhoods will go to protect their own

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books