Derek Lambert – författare

As Germany stands on the edge of an abyss, Hitler plots one final madness.As the Russians and the Western Allies race towards Berlin, the Nazi hierarchy plots to escape the inevitable retribution facing them at the end of World War II.Kurt Wolff is a handsome SS Captain and a member of Hitler’s personal elitist bodyguard. Bestowed on him is the greatest honour of all. He has been chosen to implement Grey Fox – The Saint Peter’s Plot – the most daring secret mission of the war. Germany stands on the edge of an abyss, and the fate of this once great nation is in his hands.‘A fine thriller … very hard to put down’ Irish Press‘Mr Lambert is of the Wilbur Smith school of modern adventure writers – colourfully imaginative, totally convincing’ Manchester Evening News‘A thrilling novel … written with great sensitivity’ Derby Evening Telegraph

The most explosive international conspiracy ever conceived – with deadly consequences.Each year a nucleus of the wealthiest and most influential members of the Western world meet to discuss the future of the world’s superpowers at a secret conference called Bilderberg.A glamorous millionaire just sighting loneliness from the foothills of middle age; a French industrialist whose wealth matches his masochism and meanness; a whizz-kid of the seventies conducting a life-long affair with diamonds: these are just three of the Bilderbergers who have grown to confuse position with invulnerability. It is a mistake that could prove lethal when there is a crazed assassin on the loose . . .‘Could put ideas into the head of many a spy’ Sunday Telegraph‘Lambert certainly keeps the action moving with surprise plot twists thrown in every now and again to unsettle the reader’Liverpool Daily Post‘An exciting novel’ Derby Evening Telegraph‘A demanding but entirely satisfying read’ Coventry Evening Telegraph

The battle to control the world will soon be won – but not on earth.As the Soviet space-shuttle Dove orbits 150 miles above the earth on its maiden flight, Warsaw Pact troops crash into Poland.The seventy-two-year-old President of America wants to be re-elected. For that he needs to win the first stage of the war in space – and decides to capture the Soviet space shuttle. But as the President plans his coup, a nuclear-armed shuttle speeds towards target America – and only defection in space can stop it.‘Writing as crisp as the Moscow winter … the Soviet setting is magically evocative’ New York Times‘Lambert, author of many intelligent political thrillers, has another in this fastpaced, complex, and timely novel. Highly recommended’ Library Journal‘A most satisfying thriller with a highly dramatic finish’ Publishers Weekly

As part of his wartime strategy, Winston Churchill formulates secret plans to force Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia to fight each other.Convinced that Hitler and Stalin are intent on overpowering each other, British Intelligence concoct a ruthless double-cross to lure Russia and Germany into a hellish war of attrition on the Eastern Front. It will divert Hitler’s wrathful Blitz and buy Britain the most precious of all commodities: time.The plot hinges on one man, Josef Hoffman, a humble Red Cross worker in neutral Lisbon. Hoffman must go to Russia to meet Stalin and send covert communications back to the Allies using a new cipher, the Judas Code. But who is Hoffman? And where do his loyalties really lie?‘Skillfully mixes fact and fiction from World War II. It’s bloody good’ New York Daily News‘Charged with action and tension from start to finish’ John Barkham Reviews‘For unbearable suspense, for chapter-by-chapter fascination, nothing I’ve read equals this one’ Los Angeles Times‘A World War II “what if” that’s great fun. Lots of suspense and a bang-up climax’ Publishers Weekly‘A humdinger of a thriller … a novel which turns history upside down’ Express & Echo‘A grand Churchillian scheme depicted with great flair and ingenuity’ The Seattle Times‘Excellent spy-genre fiction’ UPI‘Plenty of action’ The New Yorker‘Fic-fac at its most tantalising … an extraordinary piece of fiction’ Eastern Daily Press

A Cold War spy thriller about a man on the knife-edge between the balance of power and global chaos.Moscow treats defectors from the West with kid-gloves. That is, until they outlive their usefulness. But the American Robert Calder is different. He defected to Russia with information so explosive that even the iron-clad regime of the Kremlin shook with fear. It has kept him alive. Until now.With Calder desperate to return to the West, the ruthless and scheming Spandarian is placed on his trail, a KGB chief with a mind as sharp as the cold steel of an ice pick. And as a back-up they unleash Tokarev, a professional assassin who kills for pleasure…‘A white-knuckle number … Lambert produces straight-ahead, foot-to-the-floor excitement’ New York Times‘Certainly puts Lambert up there with today’s top suspense writers’ Book Browsing‘Mr Lambert’s Moscow experience comes chillingly through’ Sunday Telegraph‘Lambert is at the top of the class. This terrific novel puts him in a league with the best espionage writers’ United Press International‘Another winner’ Pittsburgh Press‘Splendid stuff. Mr Lambert’s scenes have the clear reality of a Moscow winter, his people are three-dimensional and affecting and best of all he spins a fast story’ Baltimore Sun

During the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad, two brilliant snipers – Antonov, a Russian, and Meister, a German – stalk each other through the city ruins.For the beleaguered German and Russian armies, the terrible winter at their heels, there is no war beyond the carnage in Stalingrad’s grim skeleton. In desperation, orders come from the very top: victory is to be determined by a duel between champion snipers Antonov the Russian and Meister the German. A duel to the death.For the two marksmen there is now no war but the race to pin the other in their sights. Who will be the dead hero and who the living legend? Only time will tell…‘The book is perfect. The horror of war is captured by the spare prose; the tension mounts, and the inevitable confrontation is uplifting in its outcome’ Daily Telegraph‘Told me more than all the military historians ever could about the greatest battle of World War Two’ Daily Mail‘Tense and gripping … a most effective chiller’ British Book News‘One is reminded of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness … For those who like to be in the thick of it, this book is a must’ Surrey and South Middlesex Times‘A good war story’ Kirkus Reviews‘A unique tour de force … poignant, cogent, a strong novel, suspenseful and fascinating, a novel not easily forgotten’ Florida Sun News

Spain, over a span of forty turbulent years, is the theatre for a drama of love, friendship, ideals, ambition and revenge in this powerful and passionate novel about the Spanish Civil War.‘Gripping … a cross between Harold Robbins and Hemingway’ Sunday ExpressOn the bitter battlefields of the Spanish Civil War, an unlikely friendship is forged. Tom, an idealistic American, and Adam, a wayward young Englishman, fight on opposing sides, yet they have one thing in common – a passionate love for Spain…With a fervour to match their own, a woman of Madrid is battling in the same bloody struggle. She is Ana, the Black Widow; young, beautiful, bereaved – and a dangerous freedom fighter.But the end of the armed conflict will not end the conflicting emotions that draw these people together. For over forty turbulent years, from the dark days of Franco’s victory to the birth of modern Spain, they will be bound together in an intricate web – of love, betrayal, ambition and revenge…Derek Lambert, who knew and loved Spain for many years, uses his unique understanding of Spanish history and character in this sweeping novel which encompasses some of the most crucial events of twentieth-century Europe, creates characters of extraordinary depth and humanity, and tells a story of compelling power and vitality.