Photojournalist Mitch Coltrane has recently acquired the home of the late Randolph Packard, a famed photographer. With Packard as his inspiration, Mitch travels the streets of Los Angeles, photographing houses that appear in Packard`s oeuvre. Soon Mitch meets another Packard enthusiast, Natasha Adler, who happens to be a dead ringer for Rebecca Chase, a former film star who appears in many of Packard`s photographs. Mitch encounters more and more doubles as he makes his way through this ever-deepening mystery.