Manning Coles Bibliography

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Title   Date Issue Points - Notes Drink to Yesterday Hodder 1940   Pray Silence Hodder 1940   They Tell No Tales Hodder 1941   This Fortress Doubleday 1942 US only Without Lawful Authority Hodder 1943   Green Hazard Hodder 1945   The Fifth Man Hodder 1946   Let the Tiger Die Hodder 1947 US precedes A Brother for Hugh Hodder 1947   Among Those Absent Hodder 1948   Diamonds to Amsterdam Hodder 1950 US precedes Not Negotiable Hodder 1949   Dangerous By Nature Hodder 1950   Now or Never Hodder 1951   Night Train to Paris Hodder 1952   Alias Uncle Hugo Hodder 1953 US precedes A Knife for the Juggler Hodder 1953   Not for Export Hodder 1954   Brief Candles Hodder 1954 as Francis Gaite A Family Matter Hodder 1956 as Francis Gaite The Man in the Green Hat Hodder 1956   Basle Express Hodder 1956   The Far Traveller Hodder 1957 as Francis Gaite Three Beans Hodder 1957 US precedes Death of an Ambassador Hodder 1957   Come and Go Hodder 1958 as Francis Gaite No Entry Hodder 1958   Duty Free Hodder 1959 as Francis Gaite Crime in Concrete Hodder 1960   Search for a Sultan Hodder 1961 with Tom Hammerton The House at Pluck's Gutter Hodder 1963 with Tom Hammerton Further Information Manning Coles was a pseudonym of Cyril Henry Coles, born 1899 passed away 1965, and Adelaide Manning, born 1891 passed away 1959. Their main series character was Tommy Hambledon who featured in virtually all of the books. The Francis Gaite titles appeared in the US under the Manning Coles name and the series characters were Charles and James Latimer. Generally speaking the UK editions precede the American, there are also some alternative US titles. Many of the UK editions benefited from attractive jacket artwork most notably by Bip Pares.

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