The Matlock Paper
By (Author) Robert Ludlum
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
1st November 2010
2nd September 2010
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Adventure / action fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
813.54
Paperback
352
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 30mm
315g
James Matlock is a Vietnam veteran and college professor - with a disturbing past. The faceless men in Washington know his secrets. And they want him to investigate what seems to be a large-scale drugs and prostitution business.
Matlock is given a piece of silver paper with codes on it and the name of the criminal organisation: Nimrod. He is soon trapped in a maze of unrelenting terror, as the people he cares for most are under threat.Would he have accepted the job if he'd known just what it would mean Or that disclosure of the truth could cause such horrorAfter a successful career in the theatre Robert Ludlum became a bestselling writer. The titan of the thriller genre he is the world's most read author, selling 300 million copies of his books in 50 countries in 32 languages.