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.

The Matlock Paper

First edition
Author	Robert Ludlum
Language	English
Genre	Thriller novel
Publisher	Dial Press
Publication date	April 1973
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	312 pp
ISBN	0-8037-5535-X
OCLC	532257
Dewey Decimal	813.54

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 ISBN 0246107529, Pub date April 1973, Hardback
• 1974, US, Dell ISBN 0-440-15538-X, Pub date April 15, 1974, Paperback
• 1973, UK, Grafton ISBN 0-246-10752-9 Pub date July 9, 1973, Hardback
• 2002, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0-586-04067-6, Pub date April 15, 2002, Paperback