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After a harrowing experience in Bosnia, war photographer Mitch Coltrane makes a vow. From now on, he will only take those pictures that celebrate life; that document hope instead of despair. Still, wartorn images continue to haunt him. He learns to shield himself by fixating on a beautiful woman in an old photograph. But slowly he grows obsessed. Who is she? He must know. And as Coltrane searches for answers, he falls hopelessly in love, forgetting that the past can sometimes intrude on the present, with terrifying consequences.

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Successful photographer Mitch Coltrane is discovered shooting a covert mass burial masterminded by Bosnian henchman Dragan Ilkovic and narrowly escapes with his life. When he is back at home in the United States, the lives of Coltrane's grandparents and several friends are sacrificed before Coltrane guns down Ilkovic. Numb and edgy around girlfriend Jennifer, Coltrane finds solace in meeting an idol, photographer Randolph Packard, who dies shortly after he and Coltrane begin collaborating on a project. Coltrane thus has the opportunity to purchase one of Packard's estates, where he discovers a photographic altar to a gorgeous rising film star of the Forties named Rebecca Chase and becomes obsessed with the mystery surrounding Packard, Chase, and a young woman who is a dead ringer for her. Morrell (Extreme Denial, LJ 3/15/96) should have saved one of these plots for another novel. This overwrought effort stretches credulity, missing the perfect "angle."?Susan A. Zappia, Maricopa Cty. Lib. Dist., Phoenix
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Thrill master Morrell badly misses the mark in his latest. Apparently he couldn't decide between two good plots, so he used both. Big mistake. The first half of the book focuses on Bosnian thug Dragan Ilkovic, who hunts down photographer Mitch Coltrane to exact revenge after his photographs serve as key evidence in Ilkovic's conviction for war crimes and murder. Then the story suddenly shifts focus when Coltrane, who has a perfectly nice girlfriend, finds a photograph of the most beautiful woman he's ever seen and decides he must find her; instead, he finds her stunning but evil daughter, who leads him on a terrifying chase to the wilds of Mexico, where he discovers she's a very bad person. Not to worry. Once he figures out she's evil, he and his girlfriend get back together, and everything's turns out A-OK. It's true there's plenty of the kind of material here that action fans crave: wild sex, bloody violence, and stomach-churning suspense. Unfortunately, the plot is rambling, confusing, and barely credible. Morrell's track record as a reliable producer of action thrillers (he created Rambo) will generate demand, but even fans may lose patience with this one. Order fewer copies than usual. Emily Melton

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Morrell (Extreme Denial, 1996, etc.) slams two wildly unrelated stories together to produce this misshapen, empty, though greased-lightning thriller. Story #1. Prizewinning photographer Mitch Coltrane, back home from Bosnia, is being threatened and stalked by somebody who calls himself ``the judge''somebody who's obviously Dragan Ilkovic, the Serb commander whose heinous war crimes Mitch managed to document, at hair-raising peril, just before he left. Mitch wants to put the ugliness of his life's work behind him by shooting an updated series of photos of the opulent Hollywood homes immortalized in the work of legendary photographer Randolph Packard back in the 1930s. But Packard dies shortly after bringing Coltrane on board, and Ilkovicnot just a war criminal, but a sadistic torturer and an electronics freakkeeps getting closer, killing Coltrane's neighbor and friend, an LAPD cop on the case, and Coltrane's grandparents in Connecticut, in a race toward a showdownhalfway through the novelthat suddenly clears the ground for Story #2. This one is a tender (though equally corpse-strewn) tale of romantic intrigue that starts when Coltrane, who's purchased an old home Packard photographed and bought for himself, becomes besotted with a trove of photos of Rebecca Chance, a stunning Hollywood hopeful from the '30s, then (following the trail to another of Packard's houses) meets Natasha Adler, who looks eerily like the reincarnation of Rebecca Chance. Coltrane's loyal friend, editor, and sometime lover Jennifer Lane warns him that Tash is trouble, but does the big lug listen? Desperate to forget Ilkovic's carnage, as well as all those ugly war photos, he keeps missing the chasm that even half-wit readers, whove had the benefit of 200 pages to think it over, will see yawning beneath his feet. The first story is midgrade, unsurprising stalker stuff; the second, which ends with Coltrane becoming a stalker himself, is risible. Think Vertigo rewritten for Steven Seagal. (Book-of-the-Month Club alternate selection) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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After a harrowing experience in Bosnia, war photographer Mitch Coltrane makes a vow. From now on, he will take only those pictures that celebrate life and document hope instead of despair. Then the horrors of his previous assignment return to threaten him, and Coltrane must seek refuge from the present in the past. Having uncovered an old, uncaptioned photograph of a hauntingly beautiful woman, Coltrane sets out to discover who the woman was, and why her photo was hidden in the vault of a world-famous art photographer. Soon he finds himself hopelessly obsessed with the woman in the photograph and slipping into a maze of deception and treachery. Surrounded by illusions of the past and present, Coltrane now must fight for his life in the world capital of make-believe: a decadent and deadly L.A....

About the Author

David Morell was a professor of American literature at the University of Iowa.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing; Large type / Large print edition (May 1, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0446519634
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0446519632
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.74 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1.75 x 9.75 inches

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David Morrell is the author of FIRST BLOOD, the award-winning novel in which Rambo was created. He holds a Ph. D. in American literature from Penn State and was a professor in the English department at the University of Iowa. His numerous New York Times bestsellers include the classic spy trilogy that begins with THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE ROSE, the basis for the only television mini-series to premier after a Super Bowl. The other books in the trilogy are THE FRATERNITY OF THE STONE and THE LEAGUE OF NIGHT AND FOG. An Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity nominee, Morrell is the recipient of three Bram Stoker awards and the prestigious Thriller Master award from the International Thriller Writers organization. His writing book, THE SUCCESSFUL NOVELIST, discusses what he has learned in his four decades as an author. His latest novel is the highly praised Victorian mystery/thriller, MURDER AS A FINE ART.

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Jamie

Different, but still as compelling as ever

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 1998

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Double Image is a slight departure from Davids other recent work, but is still an excellent read. Less action thriller and more psychological, it reminds me of when I first saw Vertigo and couldn't wait to learn the answer to the mystery.
In typical Morrell fashion the descriptions are vivid and the pace is perfect. There are no 'rough spots' to get through where the story drags, and every time you have to put it down you feel like you're missing out on something. I am very thankfull that David has never subscribed to the Clancy and King motto of 'bigger is better'. My biggest problem with David's work is that I stay up all night reading and am tired at work.

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Cynthia Cummins

Wonderful book.

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2014

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I bought this book several years ago. It is the only book I know of that seems to have a conclusion in the middle then starts up and continues the story.

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2014

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The first half is outstanding. It seemed like two books in that the first and second half could mostly stand alone. The first half is one of those can't-put-it-down thrillers. If you are not a fan of romantic mysteries then the second half will read slower. If you haven't read Morrell you will appreciate his skill at literary techniques. I especially admired the way he described the presence of pine needles causing me to think of how they smell. I'd like to give the first half 6 stars if it were possible.

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Madelyn Thompson

Wow.

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2017

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There are several stories interwoven here. David Morrell never ceases to amaze me with his writing and intricate plots. D
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carol irvin

disjointed, like reading several different books with same hero

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2014

This is a very bizarre book. It has its entertaining moments but it became so disjointed as to lose believability. First, we start off with one villain for about a third of the book and this villain is totally over the top. He is a Bosnian after an American photographer who took photos of his war atrocities and he kills anyone in his path. Then we abrupitly shift directions but with the same hero who now is obsessively tracking the movements of a film starlet from the thirties whose photographs he discovered in the home he just bought. This has nothing to do with the Bosnian or any of the people the Bosnian killed. Meanwhile, the hero has lost all of his friends because the Bosnian killed them. He is down to just his ex girlfriend vs a vs the movie startlet who would be nearing 100 if still alive. And it just gets weirder from there. I was half expecting the last third to turn into a ghost story but it did not. If this had been two or three different books, there may have been one good book there. There are enjoyable parts but the whole is a mess.

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Great book. Both sections full of action and suspense. Love Morrell's books! Especially love a book I can't put down as these are hard to find.

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Noah D. Rosenblatt-Farrell

odd -- fractured -- postmodern -- challenging

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2002

this was the first book i read by morrell, although his reputation preceded him. i thought the portion of double image devoted to questions of identity in photographic subjects was fairly well-developed, but -- as other reviewers have noted -- the story is divided between plots that never entirely line up and whose thematic parallels falter. morrell resists several conventions of his genre (most notably the singular narrative structure that allows readers to progress from first to last page without pausing for reflection), and this resistance creates possibilities in the relationship between narrator and reader that could have been developed to much greater effect. as a result, this book could have been better in one of two ways: either morrell should have stuck with convention and written two separate, fully-matured novels (one about documentary/news photography, the other about mysterious attractions between a photographer and another photographer's model); or he should have thought through the possibilities open to a new literary form employing best-seller readability with resistant structural challenges that not only force readers to pause and reflect, but also offer some conceptual insight into the functionings of photography as a whole.

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Lowry TurnerThe novel was so full of twists and turns.I found it inviting an intensifying.

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Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2014

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slow starter,but when it takes off WOW !!! keeps your total interest. David Morrell has total suspense ion his books.

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Good value for a second hand book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2018

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Bought as a present for father, as he loves reading books by this author. He was very pleased with his gift.

regis jones

This could easily have been two shorter books

Reviewed in Canada on September 23, 2017

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This could easily have been two shorter books, as there are two distinct plot lines that are dealt with at separate points in the novel. The protagonist is a photographer and the novel begins with him working as a war correspondent. A war criminal who was exposed by his photographs comes to America and embarks on a quest to harass and disturb the protagonist. At the book's midpoint, that plot sequence is completely resolved in a dramatic finish. During that first half of the book, the protagonist had stumbled on photographs of a beautiful woman. The second half of the book is about his quest to find out who that woman was and what happened to her.

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