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Home / Authors / Manning Coles Manning Coles Manning Coles was a British writing duo best known for the Tommy Hambledon espionage series. Their books achieved critical acclaim for pioneering the spy thriller genre alongside contemporaries like John le Carré. This page provides the Manning Coles books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
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1940 Drink to Yesterday POoTHB · 1 Buy ↗ 1940 Pray Silence / A Toast to Tomorrow POoTHB · 2 Buy ↗ 1941 They Tell No Tales POoTHB · 3 Buy ↗ 1943 Without Lawful Authority POoTHB · 4 Buy ↗ 1945 Green Hazard POoTHB · 5 Buy ↗ 1946 The Fifth Man POoTHB · 6 Buy ↗ 1947 Let the Tiger Die POoTHB · 7 Buy ↗ 1947 With Intent to Deceive / A Brother for Hugh POoTHB · 8 Buy ↗ 1948 Among Those Absent POoTHB · 9 Buy ↗ 1949 Diamonds to Amsterdam POoTHB · 10 Buy ↗ 1949 Not Negotiable POoTHB · 11 Buy ↗ 1950 Dangerous by Nature POoTHB · 12 Buy ↗ 1951 Now or Never POoTHB · 13 Buy ↗ 1952 Alias Uncle Hugo /.Operation Manhunt POoTHB · 14 Buy ↗ 1952 Night Train to Paris POoTHB · 15 Buy ↗ 1953 A Knife for the Juggler /The Vengeance Man POoTHB · 16 Buy ↗ 1954 Brief Candles POoCaJLB · 1 Buy ↗ 1954 All that Glitters / Not For Export / The Mystery of the Stolen Plans POoTHB · 17 Buy ↗ 1955 Happy Returns POoCaJLB · 2 Buy ↗ 1955 The Man in the Green Hat POoTHB · 18 Buy ↗ 1956 The Far Traveller POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1956 The Basle Express POoTHB · 19 Buy ↗ 1957 Three Beans / Birdwatcher's Quarry POoTHB · 20 Buy ↗ 1957 Death Of An Ambassador POoTHB · 21 Buy ↗ 1958 Come and Go POoCaJLB · 3 Buy ↗ 1958 No Entry POoTHB · 22 Buy ↗ 1960 Crime in Concrete / Concrete Crime POoTHB · 23 Buy ↗ 1961 Search for a Sultan POoTHB · 24 Buy ↗ 1963 The House at Pluck's Gutter POoTHB · 25 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Tommy Hambledon Books 25 books · 1940–1963
01 Drink to Yesterday 1940 Buy ↗ 02 Pray Silence / A Toast to Tomorrow 1940 Buy ↗ 03 They Tell No Tales 1941 Buy ↗ 04 Without Lawful Authority 1943 Buy ↗ 07 Let the Tiger Die 1947 Buy ↗ 08 With Intent to Deceive / A Brother for Hugh 1947 Buy ↗ 09 Among Those Absent 1948 Buy ↗ 10 Diamonds to Amsterdam 1949 Buy ↗ 11 Not Negotiable 1949 Buy ↗ 12 Dangerous by Nature 1950 Buy ↗ 14 Alias Uncle Hugo /.Operation Manhunt 1952 Buy ↗ 15 Night Train to Paris 1952 Buy ↗ 16 A Knife for the Juggler /The Vengeance Man 1953 Buy ↗ 17 All that Glitters / Not For Export / The Mystery of the Stolen Plans 1954 Buy ↗ 18 The Man in the Green Hat 1955 Buy ↗ 19 The Basle Express 1956 Buy ↗ 20 Three Beans / Birdwatcher's Quarry 1957 Buy ↗ 21 Death Of An Ambassador 1957 Buy ↗ 23 Crime in Concrete / Concrete Crime 1960 Buy ↗ 24 Search for a Sultan 1961 Buy ↗ 25 The House at Pluck's Gutter 1963 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 1 book · 1956
01 The Far Traveller 1956 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Charles and James Latimer Books 3 books · 1954–1958