The Yermakov Transfer

The Yermakov Transfer
Derek Lambert

A classic Cold War spy story from the bestselling thriller writer Derek Lambert.The Trans-Siberian Express has left Moscow carrying the most powerful, closely guarded man in the Soviet Union – and also the man who plans to kidnap him.Tension aboard the train is at a maximum. The KGB has checked and double checked. But as Vasily Yermakov, the Soviet leader, tries to sleep on the first night in his cabin, he has an uneasy feeling that something is about to go wrong.‘An exciting new development – not only of Derek Lambert’s skills, but of the thriller too!’ Len Deighton‘Exciting’ New York Times Book Review‘Hugely entertaining’ Manchester Guardian‘A timely and gripping thriller’ Publishers Weekly‘Bursting with action’ Evening Standard‘A taut and fast-moving thriller that reeks with authenticity’ Coventry Evening Telegraph‘Quite superb … It deserves to be a best-seller’ Leslie Thomas

THE

YERMAKOV

TRANSFER

Derek Lambert

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First published in Great Britain by Arlington Books Ltd 1974

Copyright © Derek Lambert 1974

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Source ISBN: 9780008268367

Ebook Edition © November 2017 ISBN: 9780008268350

Version: 2017-10-04

DEDICATION (#ulink_7a268b4c-c4b6-553f-b0aa-7ffc52ca592b)

To Patrick, my son, an avid

reader of Russian novels

EPIGRAPH (#ulink_2fff1e8b-c5b8-530c-ade1-506b31b8d643)

“When the trains stop that will be the end”

– Lenin.

CONTENTS

Cover (#u9ef70d3e-244e-586e-8b93-9e34123350fb)

Title Page (#ub3743e6e-10d5-5be8-905c-2d1fd164cfd1)

Copyright (#ulink_8a2f3d3c-300c-5ab5-b47d-ba23146e8a1a)

Dedication (#ulink_d8f850c0-ce5c-54d9-994d-3a48a215c28e)

Epigraph (#ulink_05510be4-82ec-57c9-893c-5ce1a1663f6f)

Departure (#ulink_61c7c5c6-20e1-5097-85e5-a93bddc99898)

First Leg (#ulink_148fe70e-f27c-58a4-a08a-3afd961b3c66)

Chapter 1 (#ulink_5ef2ed68-6da8-5250-b7af-4e4ab9d24c65)

Chapter 2 (#ulink_4d2ba99b-bbac-5a06-b1f4-5ef3050f7164)

Chapter 3 (#ulink_bbe5812c-b545-557b-9f7b-f05af4c4a205)

Chapter 4 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 5 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 6 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 7 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 8 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

In Transit (#litres_trial_promo)

Second Leg (#litres_trial_promo)