''The Yermakov Transfer'' is a 1974

thriller novel Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. Su ...

by the British writer

Derek Lambert Derek (William) Lambert (10 October 1929 – 10 April 2001) was educated at Epsom College and was both an author of thrillers in his own name, writing also as Richard Falkirk, and a journalist. As a foreign correspondent for the ''Daily Expres ...

. The life of the Soviet President is threatened by a plan to kidnap him on the

Trans-Siberian Express The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the eas ...

.Burton p.233

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* Burton, Alan. ''Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 1974 British novels Novels by Derek Lambert British thriller novels Novels set in Russia {{1970s-thriller-novel-stub