The Chameleon's Shadow is a 2007 crime novel by English writer Minette Walters.

[1][2][3][4][5] Charles Acland, a British soldier returns home from the war in Iraq suffering from migraines, depression, and paranoia.

A traumatic head injury has left him with a facial disfigurement.

He goes to the Doctor to be treated to help him adjust to civilian life, but to no avail.

Because of his aggressive personality, he soon finds himself a suspect in a series of murders in London.