false 668473 14 One look at Lt. Charles Acland's disfigured face and anyone can see that the Iraqi bomb that blew up two of his men has left him profoundly changed—but have his traumatic brain injuries altered the young British army officer's personality enough to make him a murderer? That's the narrative fuse Edgar-winner Walters (The Devil's Feather) lights to ignite this sizzling psychological thriller. She skillfully interweaves strands of Acland's story, including notes from the military psychiatrist treating him, with the hunt for a serial killer who's claimed at least three victims in South London. Then another man is beaten within an inch of his life not long after Acland's move into the neighborhood. When the lieutenant gets into a near-fatal bar fight with a Pakistani stockbroker, Acland's unlikely savior is a 250-pound lesbian weight lifter and doctor named Jackson. Surprisingly, Jackson is also one of the few convincing characters in this plot-propelled tale, a flaw readers may be willing to ignore—until they slam into a contrived denouement well below Walters's usual standard. 1079950 15 10 2007 The Chameleon's Shadow total:237|5:29|4:99|3:78|2:28|1:3| 237 834 336 60 4 1 true true Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 02:09:05 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 02:34:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 22:08:45 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 00:40:15 -0800 2009 Lieutenant Charles Ac...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:55:53 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:55:53 -0800 2009 Since her debut novel, The Ice House (1992), best-selling author Minette Walters has risen above the standard fare of mysteries and thrillers and produced works rich in character development and psychological suspense. Despite his rage and instability, Charles Acland proves to be a sympathetic, if s...

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Ms. Walters spins a clever twist on the Male-Bashing subgenre that is so popular and lucrative (someone gave me a ticket to a Dixie Chicks concert, and I went) in the Crime & Mystery field. She uses the devices of the Male-Bashing crime book only to pull the rug out fro...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 09:49:54 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 05:46:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat May 23 07:22:49 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 07:23:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 12 03:38:49 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 03:40:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 17:52:06 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 17:52:06 -0700 2008
Charles came back from Iraq to London with visible and invisible injuries caused by a bomb. One side of his face is very scarred and he lost an eye. He is a loner, do...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 14:14:54 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 16:25:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 05:57:51 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 14:43:42 -0700 2007 With the exception of her shorts, I'm sure I never finished a Walters that quickly, basically in one afternoon. The cover is a new-ish style, but very attractive. The writing is the usual style, but since I love and admire her I have to say it's sloppier and much les...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun May 03 10:42:09 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 10:45:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 08:07:34 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 08:13:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 05 19:44:56 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 12:33:22 -0700 2008
Although she normally crea...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 06:14:37 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 06:05:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 12:44:35 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 12:46:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 26 17:12:46 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 22 09:17:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 13:37:12 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:01:47 -0700 2009 1 Seemed like she was trying to be too smart. Stretched the bounds of my believing her by making her GP doctor more psychologically savvy than the psychiatrist ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 18:46:04 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 18:47:55 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 17:40:05 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 17:48:08 -0700 2007 It is classic Minette Walters, she spins out the suspense from the first page to the last. You are never quite certain whether her main character "Lieutenant Charles Ackland...more...]]>