| The Matlock Paper | |
| Border: | yes |
| Author: | Robert Ludlum |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Thriller novel |
| Publisher: | Dial Press |
| Pub Date: | April 1973 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages: | 312 pp |
| Isbn: | 0-8037-5535-X |
| Oclc: | 532257 |
| Dewey: | 813.54 |
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.
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.