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 LA....
Great thriller with an ironic twist. Be careful what you ask for.
Mitch Coltrane, photographer, is no hero. In fact, he gets beat up badly many times throughout this book, but always manages to slick out of his predicaments. There are actually two stories, that have nothing to do with each other, but the outcome is always the same...someone trying to kill him.
I'm a fan of Morrell, so I liked the book. After a somewhat slow start it picked up and was a good read about a photographer who wants to change his type of photography, and all kinds of mysterious things start happening to him and the people in his life. Good suspense!
Great book!! I'll be looking for more by this author!
