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       THE RED HOUSE

       Derek Lambert

      Collins Crime Club

      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.

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      London SE1 9GF

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      First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph Ltd 1972

      Copyright © Derek Lambert 1972

      Design and illustration by Micaela Alcaino © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2017

      Cover photographs © Shutterstock.com

      Derek Lambert asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008268343

      Ebook Edition © November 2017 ISBN: 9780008268336

      Version: 2017-10-04

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      Blossom with love

      MANY good people helped in the preparation of this novel. They know who they are and I thank them. In particular I wish to express my gratitude to Brian and Nelli Hitchen and Gordon Lindsay who provided shelter. To Ross Mark who introduced me to Washington. To Peter Worthington who introduced me to a defector. And to Donald Seaman, my mentor.

      THE period is 1968. A year that embraced the assassinations of a black and a white leader, a space-shot, the election of a new American president, race riots of unprecedented fury, the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. A savage, tragic, momentous year. In the interests of the narrative I have jockeyed a few dates, a few occasions, a few moods, and I apologize to any students of contemporary history who may be offended. It should also be noted that some of the speeches in the sequence dealing with an actual meeting of the United Nations Security Council are interpretations published by the U.N. and not precise translations.

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Chapter 7

       Part Two

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Part Three

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

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