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THE CHAMELEON'S SHADOW
by Walters, Minette
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0230015662
- ISBN 13
- 9780230015661
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4"), blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped by Nada Backovic, blue endpapers, 384, [385] pages. 1 lb. 7 oz. Minette Walters (born 1949) is a best-selling major English crime writer. Her first full-length novel, The Ice House (1992) won the Crime Writers' Association John Creasey award for best first novel. Walters's second novel, The Sculptress, won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award. Her third novel, The Scold's Bridle, then won the CWA Gold Dagger, giving her a unique treble. THE CHAMELEON'S SHADOW is her 14th book.<br/><br/>SIGNED and in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! No remainder marks.
Synopsis
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 now in paperback.How could he forget eight weeks of his life? How could thirty hours have turned into eternity? Why had the nurse said his wires were crossed? What was wrong with him? 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 previously outgoing personality. Crippled by migraines and suspicions of his psychiatrist, he begins to display sporadic bouts of aggression, particularly against women, and especially his ex-fianc e, who seems unable to accept that the relationship is over.After his injuries prevent his return to the army, he cuts all ties with his former life and moves to London. Alone and unmonitored, he sinks into a private world of guilt and paranoid distrust 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 Bermondsey area which seems 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 rage? Has he always been the duplicitous chameleon that his ex-fiancee claims?And why - if he hates women - does he look to a woman for help?
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5717
- Title
- THE CHAMELEON'S SHADOW
- Author
- Walters, Minette
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0230015662
- ISBN 13
- 9780230015661
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
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About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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