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THE MATLOCK PAPER
Robert Ludlum
Cover of THE MATLOCK PAPER

THE MATLOCK PAPER

by Robert Ludlum

Dial Press · 2010

Peak rank

#4

Weeks on list

18

Debuted

April 1973

Chart History

#1510151973
dashed = off the list

18 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #4

The US government has a deadly assignment - and James Matlock is the perfect man for the job. 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 horror?

All Appearances

7↑3May 13, 1973wk 3
5↑2May 20, 1973wk 4
4↑1May 27, 1973wk 5
5↓1June 3, 1973wk 6
6↓1June 17, 1973wk 8
6July 1, 1973wk 10
5↑1July 8, 1973wk 11
7↓2July 15, 1973wk 12

Details

ISBN-13
9781409122098
ISBN-10
1409122093
Published
2010
Pages
282
Publisher
Dial Press
Categories
Fiction

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