Derek (William) Lambert (10 October 1929 – 10 April 2001) was educated at

Epsom College Epsom College is a co-educational independent school on Epsom Downs, Surrey, England, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It was founded in 1853 as a boys' school to provide support for poor members of the medical profession such as pensioners and orp ...

and was both an author of thrillers in his own name, writing also as Richard Falkirk, and a journalist. As a

foreign correspondent A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is usually a journalist or commentator for a magazine, or an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, locat ...

for the '' Daily Express'', he spent time in many exotic locales that he later used as settings in his novels, the first of which, ''

Angels in the Snow ''Angels in the Snow'' is a 1969 thriller novel by the British writer Derek Lambert. It is set amongst the western community in the Soviet capital Moscow, mainly journalists and diplomats. Lambert was working as the ''Daily Express The '' ...

'', was published in 1969. Between 1972 and 1977 he wrote a series of six novels beginning with '' Blackstone'' about a member of the

Bow Street Runners The Bow Street Runners were the law enforcement officers of the Bow Street Magistrates' Court in the City of Westminster. They have been called London's first professional police force. The force originally numbered six men and was founded in 1 ...

in the 1820s. His 1975 novel ''

Touch the Lion's Paw ''Touch the Lion's Paw'' is a 1975 thriller novel by the British writer Derek Lambert. The plot revolves around a major diamond heist carried out in Amsterdam. Adaptation In 1980 it was adapted into the film ''Rough Cut'' directed by Don Siege ...

'' was adapted to film as ''

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''.

Bibliography

Novels (as Derek Lambert)

*'' Desde la muerte'' (1981) *''

'' (1969) *'' The Kites of War'' (1969) *''For Infamous Conduct'' (1970) *''Grand Slam'' (1971) *'' The Red House'' (1972) *'' The Yermakov Transfer'' (1974) *''

'' (1975) *''The Great Land'' (1978) *''

The Saint Peter's Plot ''The Saint Peter's Plot'' is a 1978 thriller novel by the British writer Derek Lambert. During the closing stage of the Second World War, the Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (germa ...

'' (1978) *''The Memory Man'' (1979) *'' I, Said the Spy'' (1980) *''Trance'' (1981) *'' The Red Dove'' (1982) *'' The Judas Code'' (1983) *''The Golden Express'' (1984) *'' The Man Who Was Saturday'' (1985) *''Vendetta'' (1986) *''Chase ''(1987) *''Triad'' (1987) *''The Night and the City'' (1990) *''The Gate of the Sun'' (1990) *''The Banya'' (1991) *''Horrorscope'' (1993) *''Diamond Express'' (1994) *'' The Killing House'' (1997)

Novels (as Richard Falkirk)

*''The Chill Factor'' (1971) *''The Twisted Wire'' (1972)

Blackstone novels (as Richard Falkirk)

A "

Historical whodunnit The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a subgenre of two literary genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. These works are set in a time period considered historical from the author's perspective, and the central plot involves the ...

" series, focusing on a

Bow Street Runner The Bow Street Runners were the law enforcement officers of the Bow Street Magistrates' Court in the City of Westminster. They have been called London's first professional police force. The force originally numbered six men and was founded in 1 ...

Edmund Blackstone in 1820s London. *'' Blackstone'' (1972) *'' Blackstone's Fancy'' (1973) *'' Beau Blackstone'' (1973) *'' Blackstone and the Scourge of Europe'' (1974) *'' Blackstone Underground'' (1976) *'' Blackstone on Broadway'' (1977)

Non-fiction (as Derek Lambert)

*The Sheltered Days

965 Year 965 (Roman numerals, CMLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Arab–Byzantine wars#Byzantine resurgence, 863–11th century, Ar ...

*Don't Quote Me But

979 Year 979 ( CMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * March 24 – Second Battle of Pankaleia: An Ibero-Byzantine expeditionary ...

*And I Quote

980 Year 980 ( CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) a ...

*Unquote 981*Just Like the Blitz

987 Year 987 ( CMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * February 7 – Bardas Phokas (the Younger) and Bardas Skleros, two memb ...

*Spanish Lessons

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References

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* * 2001 deaths 1929 births British male journalists People educated at Epsom College British people of the Cyprus Emergency Writers of historical mysteries British male novelists 20th-century British novelists 20th-century English male writers {{England-writer-stub