Three Great Novels: The Beginning- The Scarlatti Inheritance / The Osterman Weekend / The Matlock Paper

THE SCARLATTI INHERITANCE - A spellbinding story of international terror and intrigue, greed and cunning, suspense and murder, revolving around a file whose contents will destroy many of the Western world's greatest reputations if they are made known. THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND - John Tanner, network news director, is looking forward to a weekend party with his friends. But then the CIA tell him that they are all suspected Soviet agents: fanatical, traitorous killers working for Omega, a massive Communist conspiracy...THE MATLOCK PAPER - James Matlock, professor of English at Carlyle University, New England, is assigned by the US government to investigate what seems to be a large-scale dope and prostitution business on campus. But does he realise what the ultimate effect on his personal life will be?

After a successful career in the theatre, Robert Ludlum launched his career as a best-selling writer with THE SCARLATTI INHERITANCE in 1971, the first of twenty-two consecutive international bestsellers.