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The Chameleon's Shadow [Kindle Edition]

Minette Walters
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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'An intriguing set-up, admirably tense and thought-provoking'
-- Mail on Sunday

'Another intelligent, smoothly plotted novel from one of our most interesting crime writers.' -- Sunday Telegraph

'As frightening and as compulsively readable as Walter's previous novels, with as ingenious a plot...'
-- Times Literary Supplement

'Crime novelist Walters is back in fine form with a thriller that will keep you guessing right to the final pages' -- Birmingham Mail

'Minette Walters is an adventurous novelist who rarely repeats herself'
-- The Times

'Walters' imagination is especially good on the fantasies of hatred and revenge engendered by war'
-- The Independent

'a remarkable, almost hypnotic book that pulls of the incredible trick of making the reader care for disturbed and highly dislikeable people. To do that takes rare skill.' -- Birmingham Post

Birmingham Post

'a remarkable, almost hypnotic book that pulls of the incredible trick of making the reader care for disturbed and highly dislikeable people. To do that takes rare skill.'

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 769 KB
  • Print Length: 386 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0307264637
  • Publisher: Pan Books (13 May 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0050NJNL4
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #13,170 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
By Cando
Format:Hardcover
Minette Walters' novels The Sculptress and The Shape of Snakes were crime classics. In this novel, Walters proves she can still grab readers by the scruff of the neck and make them turn the pages until the end. I couldn't put this book down. However...this was one that ultimately disappointed me, as was her last, The Devil's Feather. All the characters use the same vocabulary/diction. They all say 'PDQ' (pretty damn quick') rather a lot. The young squaddie in his early twenties talks nothing like any young man would talk, let alone a soldier. As in all Walters' novels, there is a gruff character who turns out to have a heart of gold. The solution to the mystery is utterly ludicrous - what the villain does, why he/she does it - it is impossible to take seriously. There is a weapon involved which is extremely rare and unlikely, but everyone seems instantly familiar with it, once it comes to light what it is - no one says, 'What's one of those, then?' Unfortunately, this takes all tension out of the book and makes the ending risible.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and unbelieveable 31 Aug 2008
By Bluebell TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
I've enjoyed the author's earlier books, but was disappointed by this one. I found the first third of the book got tedious with the endless descriptions of the injured soldier's bad temper and violent behaviour without much story to carry the book along. I kept feeling that many of the characters were ludicrous, not least the body-building GP. My faith in the author's accuracy over detail was dented by her putting "MD Psych" on the psychiatrist's headed notepaper as his professional qualification, maybe a minor point, but that's not a British qualification in psychiatry. Altogether, very disappointing.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Not great 10 Nov 2007
Format:Hardcover
Minette Walters is one of my favorite authors. I loved her first four books. After that something happened to her style of writing. I heard her say she wanted to write about politics and didn't want to do straight murder mysteries anymore. Anyway after that I've liked some of her books and others not so much. I have to say I was disappointed by this one. I've had it for months and still only gotten about halfway through it. Since I normally look forward to each of her books and devour them in one sitting that says something. I don't know what it is but I just can't get into it and I keep thinking that it sounds unrealistic and a little silly. It feels like Walters wants to describe a more urban, gritty dark world but maybe she hasn't got that much experience of it and that's why it doesn't work. Denise Mina does the dark underbelly of society much better. That kind of makes me think that Walters should stick to the upper middle class world that she knows instead and that makes me sad because I really want to like her.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC
Read this book once before (and all of Minette Walters books) in paperback but had to get it again, Fantastic book
Published 2 months ago by DaveD
3.0 out of 5 stars Chameleon's shadow
Minetter Walters is an experienced and highly intelligent thriller writer. This particular book was not one of my favourites. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs Susan C Wales
4.0 out of 5 stars The Chameleon's Shadow
I always enjoy Minette Walters books,but this with this book I was guessing until the end., will recomend it to my friends .
Published 3 months ago by peggy denty
3.0 out of 5 stars Not her best book
I really liked Minette Walters' early books, Scold's bridle and The Sculptress in particular, but I really didn't enjoy this one. Read more
Published 12 months ago by jo
5.0 out of 5 stars A good read
As with all Minette Walters novels, this book is a very satisfying read, with a good plot and well developed characters.
Published 14 months ago by matep
2.0 out of 5 stars Whatever happened to Minette Walters?
If I hadn't read, and loved, her previous books, this would have got one star. I found this book disappointing, tedious and disjointed. Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2010 by Maitacap
3.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a strange one
This is the first Minette Walters book that I have read although my wife is a big fan and gave this to me on holiday once I had finished the books I took with me. Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2009 by D. W. Miller
3.0 out of 5 stars Trying too hard.
As with most of the other reviewers I love Minette Walters as a writer and as a personality, but I can't help feeling that, in this book as in some others, she tries too hard to... Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2009 by Robert Robinson
4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect winter reading
Before buying this book I was dubious after reading a couple of not-so flattering reviews saying that Walters' latest book wasn't up to her usual standard. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2009 by Mrs. J. McDonald
4.0 out of 5 stars Ronrig Dundee
I found this book contained everything a good thriller needs and like most of the reviewers could not put the book down. Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2008 by Ron Dundee
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