Duplicity

Duplicity tells the story of Carlos 60s counterculture refugee who earns a meager living as a psychic detective in New York City in the 90s. Prompted by a message seen on a blackboard Carlos embarks on the kind of case he relishes--a mystery from the past. In 1930 New York Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater vanished never to be seen again. Aided by psychic friends Carlos seeks out Craters spirit. Angry at being called to answer questions the spirit issues a warning: Carlos will learn Craters fate but will suffer for it. The mystery follows Carlos revealing Craters past of violence dual personality and psychic murder. Powerfully intermingling the lives and consciousness of two men--one dead and the other alive--Duplicity demonstrates the power of the dead over the living. For Carlos its a journey into pos-session by an evil spirit and the merging of his personality with Craters reliving the last days of the missing mans life--revealing themes of disappearance dualities of existence and personal disintegration ending with Craters death--and perhaps Carlos death as well.