The Chameleon's Shadow

The Chameleon's Shadow by Minette Walters


ISBN
9781741752298
Published
Released
01 / 07 / 2008
Binding
Paperback
Pages
400
Dimensions
152 x 230mm

Could severe head injuries turn a man into a killer? When an injured soldier returns from Iraq, he appears to undergo a complete change in personality in the latest dark, complex thriller from the Queen of Crime.


When Lieutenant Charles Acland is flown home from Iraq with serious head injuries, he faces not only permanent disfigurement but also an apparent change to his personality.

Described as outgoing and extrovert by everyone who knew him before he was wounded, he becomes increasingly isolated and withdrawn as he undergoes reconstructive surgery in a military hospital in Birmingham. Crippled by migraines, suspicious of his psychiatrist, he starts to display sporadic bouts of aggression ... particularly against women ... and very particularly against his ex-fianc e who seems unable to accept that the relationship is over...

Rejecting medical advice to continue with cosmetic surgery, Acland discharges himself and makes a bid to return to active service. Devastated when the army refuses the request, he cuts all ties with his former life and moves to London. Alone and unmonitored, he sinks into a private world of guilt and paranoia ... until a customer annoys him in a Bermondsey pub...

Out of control and only prevented from killing the man by the intervention of a 250-pound female weightlifter called Jackson, he attracts the attention of police who are investigating three gay' murders in the area that appear to have been motivated by extreme rage. Under suspicion, Acland is forced to confront the real issues behind his isolation.

How much control does he have over the dark side of his personality? Do his migraines contribute to his rages? Has he always been the duplicitous chameleon that his ex-fianc e claims?

And why ... if he hates women ... does he look to a woman for help?
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