Striking Resemblance is a book focusing on the dream of two best friends. Their dream was to become the best police officers for the town of Shafer, Kentucky. Since they both were only sixteen years old, all their investigations of a cold case murder that happened thirty years before and the recent murder had to be kept between the two of them. Their current interest in the cold case was sparked by the latest murder that occurred in the same family and in the same house. Since their friend had been charged with the latest murder, they knew they had to get busy and prove the authorities wrong. Little did these best friends realize that by solving the latest murder they would also solve the cold case. Marshall and Jerod, the main characters, were very head strong and determined to stay the course. Their diligence paid off. A book such as this one, which has its main characters solving two murders that were decades a part, is worth reading.