The Matlock Paper
The Matlock Paper is the third suspense novel by Robert Ludlum, in which a solitary protagonist comes face to face with a massive criminal conspiracy.
Its protagonist, James Barbour Matlock, is an English professor in his 30s who is recruited by the Department of Justice to investigate a drug smuggling ring, led by a mysterious figure named "Nimrod". The novel is set at the fictitious Carlyle University in Connecticut, a thinly disguised Wesleyan University in Middletown, Ludlum's alma mater.Publication history
- 1973, US, Dial Press, Pub date April 1973, Hardback
- 1974, US, Dell, Pub date April 15, 1974, Paperback
- 1973, UK, Grafton Pub date July 9, 1973, Hardback
- 2002, UK, HarperCollins, Pub date April 15, 2002, Paperback
