The Judas Code

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

Reviews

‘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

‘Veteran thriller writer Derek Lambert skillfully mixes fact and fiction from World War II. It’s bloody good fun’ New York Daily News

‘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

About the author

Derek Lambert was born in 1929, and served in the RAF for two and a half years, before becoming a foreign correspondent, travelling the world to exotic locations that later inspired his novels. His travels gave him first-hand knowledge of his material and it was his authentic tales of espionage that made him a household name and bestselling author. He spent the later years of his life in Spain, where he died in 2001 at the age of 71.