Dennis Palumbo’s novel Mirror
Image is the first in a series of books about Dr. Daniel Rinaldi, a
psychologist who consults with the Pittsburgh Police. His speciality is dealing
with victims of violent crime, those people who’ve lived through a traumatic
experience which continues to haunt them in their everyday life. People like Kevin
Merrick, a college student who woke up one night to discover he was not alone
in his residence, and discovered a burglar. Although the culprit was captured,
Kevin continues to have the nightmares and the fears just aren’t going away… but
Dr. Rinaldi is making real progress with him and is very hopeful that Kevin
will get better…
Unfortunately, after leaving Rinaldi’s office one evening, Kevin
gets stabbed. The odd thing is that Kevin had recently begun dressing like
Rinaldi, trying to become more like him – growing facial hair, wearing similar
clothes, etc. Was the killer after Kevin, or was his intended target Dr.
Rinaldi all along? And if it’s the latter, will the killer strike again?
