Double Image

By David Morrell

Book Overview

He has walked through the valley of death and man's depravity. Now war photographer Mitch Coltrane is trying to escape his memories. As he loses himself in a world of art and obsession in L.A., a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446606960
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Vision
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Double the Adventure, Two Stories in One Novel

Double Image is one novel where the reader follows the main character, photographer Mitch Coltrane through one storyline for about a third of the novel then moves onto another for the final two thirds. Morrell keeps readers gripped through the pages which they'll keep turning until the final one. There are plenty of twists along the way. A little bit unrealistic in parts yes, but you won't be able to put Double Image down. A great read also check out Morrell's other great novels such as First Blood, The Protector, Long Lost, Creepers and Burnt Sienna. Coltrane is an award winning photographic reporter who has taken pictures of atrocities around the world with his latest assignment having him lying for days on a hillside as he watches through the viewfinder corpses being dug up and destroyed from a ethnic cleansing mass grave as well as further barbaric crimes being undertaken by Serbian Dragan Ilkovic. Discovered he barley makes it out of the country with his life, the photographs are published and Ilkovic is exposed as the Hitler wannabe he is. As a result of these events however Coltrane however has evaluated his life's work, why he wanted to be a photographer in the first place. He sees nothing worthwhile in his subject matter so far. His life long hero Packard has an exhibition of his work and Coltrane is shocked to find his images although technically perfect as ugly as his own which he tells him. Soon Coltrane is surprised when he is asked is to do a comparison of Packard's early work of a series of houses by taking photographs of them today. His life seems to be turned around, he couldn't be happier until he realises he has a violent stalker, who isn't happy about recent Bosnian photographs. He also finds a secret room in one of his subject matter houses a home he decided to purchase and inside pictures of the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. He will do whatever he can to find out all he can about her.

a fantastic novel by a great author

DAVID MORRELL's novel FIRST BLOOD is very famous in CHINA.The VCDs of it are in the drawers of numerous foreign-film lovers.When I first hold this book in my hands ,I was so haunted that I finished reading it in 2 days,and please notice, English is foreign language to me.Yes, the plot seems loose,but I think the book reveals that woman,as well as man can be extremely dangerous and woman's is more difficult to define from appearance.It is a novel about apparent and hidden evils.I hope from the bottom of my heart that some director will make a film of it ,I'm sure it will be a great success,just like FIRST BLOOD.MR.DAVID MORRELL,there is a fan from CHINA who will support always.

It was so gripping that I ripped the cover.

I love Morrell's books and this one is no exception. My only complaint was too much sex. I mean come on, less sex, more intrigue please. Overall it was great though.

not classic literature, but super-suspenseful anyway

I think some of the reviewers here are being awfully tough on what I thought was a very entertaining book. The double plot structure was a little weird - I kept thinking that the first villain was going to pop up again after death like some Friday the 13th nightmare, but once the second plot kicked in, I was enthralled by the story. The twists all surprised me, and it made some kind of twisted sense at the end. I had a good time!!

Different, but still as compelling as ever

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.