The Chameleon's Shadow

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Mar 10, 2009 - Fiction - 384 pages
From the author of The Devil's Feather comes a haunting psychological thriller about a scarred Iraq war veteran whose physical trauma may reflect the inner turmoil of a killer.Somewhere in the endless, deadly desert between Basra and Baghdad, Lieutenant Charles Acland's convoy was attacked. Recovering in the hospital, Charles is crippled by migraines and suspicious of his doctors. He grows uncharacteristically aggressive, particularly against women. Rejecting cosmetic surgery, he moves to London. There he sinks into a quagmire of guilt and paranoia—until an outburst of irrational, vicious anger brings him to the attention of the local police, who are investigating three recent murders. Now under suspicion, Charles is forced to confront his issues before it's too late, but the shadowy forces working against him—or in him—could be more than he can overcome.
 

Contents

Section 1
7
Section 2
11
Section 3
23
Section 4
40
Section 5
49
Section 6
61
Section 7
79
Section 8
95
Section 18
221
Section 19
231
Section 20
243
Section 21
253
Section 22
264
Section 23
273
Section 24
283
Section 25
295

Section 9
111
Section 10
121
Section 11
132
Section 12
142
Section 13
155
Section 14
164
Section 15
175
Section 16
190
Section 17
209
Section 26
304
Section 27
315
Section 28
327
Section 29
336
Section 30
344
Section 31
348
Section 32
364
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About the author (2009)

Minette Walters is the author of twelve previous novels, two novellas, and a number of short stories. Her work, which has been published in more than thirty-five countries, has received several major awards, including two Gold Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association in Great Britain and the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Dorset, England.

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