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This hardcover omnibus edition features three thriller novels by the best-selling author Robert Ludlum: The Matlock Papers, The Cry of Halidon, and The Road to Gandolfo, published by HarperCollins in 1999.

The Matlock Paper: James Barbour Matlock is a Vietnam veteran and college professor, but now the US government have an assignment for him. They want him to investigate what seems to be a large-scale dope and prostitution business; and they’ll go to any lengths to find the answers they need. cares for most are under threat. Would he have accepted the job if he’d known just what it would mean. The perfect man for the job, for a reason that is deadly, violent and extremely disturbing.

The Cry of Halidon: Alex McAuliff has received an offer he can’t refuse: two million dollars for a geological survey of Jamaica. All Dunstone Limited requires is his time, his expertise, and his absolute secrecy. No one, not even McAuliff’s handpicked team can know of Dunstone’s involvement. But British Intelligence is aware of the deal, and they’ve let Alex in on a secret of their own: The last survey team Dunstone dispatched to Jamaica vanished without a trace. Now it’s too late to turn back. Alex already knows about Dunstone, which means he knows too much. From the moment he lands in Jamaica, Alex is a marked man. On an island paradise where a beautiful woman might be a spy and every move could be his last, Alex’s only clue to survival is a single mysterious word: Halidon.

The Road to Gandolfo: War hero and infamous ladies’ man General MacKenzie Hawkins is a living legend. His life story has even been sold to Hollywood. But now he stands accused of defacing a historic monument in China’s Forbidden City. Under house arrest in Peking with a case against him pending in Washington, this looks like the end of Mac’s illustrious career. But he has a plan of his kidnap the Pope. What’s the ransom. Just one American dollar, for every Catholic in the world. Add to the mix a slew of shady “investors,” Mac’s four persuasive, well-endowed ex-wives, and a young lawyer and fellow soldier who wants nothing more than to return to private life, and readers have in their hands one relentlessly irreverent page-turner.