by Mark Burnell (Author)
Fergus Mackenzie finds himself naked, badly hurt, on the side of the road in Chile. He has no idea who he is or how he came to be there. It transpires that a badly burnt car was found nearby: and that a woman from the accident dies in hospital. Gradually his memory comes back - up to the point when he was working in London, but not beyond that. This loss of a month in his life mesmerises him - and he is determined to find out what happened. It is as if he has been asleep in his life until then. But are the friends - old and new - who appear to help him, acting innocently? What is the film he finds in state documents with sequences on his private life? What is the connection between his mother's early life and the dosolate Murmansk peninsular? And can he trust his passion for Sarah, even when he knows she has tried to deceive him? At the centre of this compelling novel is a terrifying secret, rooted in the past, but able to cause havoc in the future if it remains in the wrong hands.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 16 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0002259176
ISBN 13: 9780002259170
`Chameleon is a Casablanca for the 21st century' Boris Starling
`Bigger and slicker in every way than his first novel. If you buy no other thriller this holiday season, buy this one' The Economist
The author was born in Northumberland and grew up in Brazil. On returning to Britain, he tried various sensible careers, but has always wanted to write. He now writes full time. He is married and lives in London. Mark's first novel, The Rhythm Section, was an immediate success.