The Matlock Paper
Professor and Vietnam veteran James Matlock accepts an undercover mission against the criminal network Nimrod. His handlers conceal their motives, and the danger soon reaches the woman he loves.
James Barbour Matlock, a college professor and Vietnam veteran, seems an unlikely choice for a confidential government operation. Washington recruits him to investigate an extensive drugs and prostitution network. His starting clues are a piece of silver paper bearing coded markings and the organisation’s name: Nimrod.
The assignment draws him into surveillance, threats and violence. People around him become entangled in the investigation, while the woman he loves is placed in danger. Matlock must identify the criminal network while deciding how far to trust the officials directing his mission.
Why was he selected? His background and position clearly matter to his handlers, but their reasons remain concealed. As he attempts to interpret the evidence, he increasingly suspects that his survival is secondary to a much larger objective.
The Matlock Paper combines criminal investigation with Ludlum’s characteristic themes of manipulation, institutional secrecy and an individual confronting overwhelming organised power. Rapid developments and shifting relationships sustain the tension. The search for a criminal leader becomes a struggle to recover control over a life others are willing to use.
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