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The Chameleon's Shadow (Hardcover)

by Minette Walters (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan (20 Sep 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0230015662
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230015661
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 144,359 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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

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'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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2.0 out of 5 stars Still the queen of the gripping psychodrama, but this one is bad, 18 Oct 2007
By Cando (Manchester National Express Coach Station) - See all my reviews
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:
5.0 out of 5 stars I seem to be in a minority..., 8 May 2008
This review is from: The Chameleon's Shadow (Paperback)
...Because I have to say I really liked this novel, whereas most of my fellow reviewers seem to have some (no doubt justified) problems with it. So let me quickly explain what I liked: I thought the characters and their emotional state were very well handled. The anger that Charles feels after being blown up in Iraq strikes me as psychologically extremely close to reality. The isolation and personality crisis he suffers are sensitively handled. Of course you could say fair enough but I wanted to read a thriller not a post-traumatic information leaflet. To me, though, the menace, the strange people he has dealings with, the not-knowing which side you're meant to be on, add greatly to the suspense. So in my books, this is a great novel which I think deserves a great many readers.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Not great, 10 Nov 2007
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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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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 5 months ago by J. Hayes

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 8 months ago by Ron Dundee

5.0 out of 5 stars The Risks of Love!


Lieutenant Charles Acland has returned from Iraq with severe head and face injuries and a predilection for sudden rages particularly against women. Read more
Published 10 months ago by J. S. Lewison

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and unbelieveable
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... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Bluebell

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Disapppointing. OK I am not a big fan of Walters'style of including some kind of memos, newspaper cuttings, reports into her fiction, designed in a different typo and setting etc... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Heavy Soul

5.0 out of 5 stars fabulous
I seem to be in the minority who think this was a fabulous book. This may have something to do with the fact that I am not a die hard fan of Ms Walters and have only read about... Read more
Published 12 months ago by RD

4.0 out of 5 stars A good read but...
Like many of the other reviews here I too had to keep turning the pages until I finished the book. So far so good. Read more
Published 12 months ago by biggest Joni fan ever

3.0 out of 5 stars A mixed bag
When Minette Walters first began her writing career, she produced several excellent novels, particularly 'The Sculptress', but since then she has never quite lived up to that... Read more
Published 15 months ago by M. D. Smart

3.0 out of 5 stars Ending not as good as what preceded it
Minette Walters' newest psychological suspense novel focuses on the effects of war, not on those who inhabit the country of warfare, but rather on those who fight the wars, and... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Gloria Feit

4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable
I enjoyed this very much and loved the characters of Acland and Jackson so that I found myself, at the end of the novel, wondering what would happen to them.
Published 18 months ago by Mahogany Gaspipes

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