Inspector George Gently by Alan Hunter
Inspector George Gently is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction by British novelist Alan Hunter. George Gently starts out as an inspector with the police in East Anglia, UK. The series has been adapted to a BBC TV series starring Martin Shaw, although the character in the books is more calculating and more analytical.

Alan Hunter debuted his Inspector George Gently character in 1955 with his own debut novel, entitled Gently Does It. The series lasted 46 novels with one new novel being published almost every year until Hunter’s retirement in 1999. The final novel of the series is Gently Mistaken. Below is a list of Alan Hunter’s Inspector George Gently books in order of when they were originally released (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Inspector George Gently Books

Gently Does It(1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently By the Shore(1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Down the Stream(1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Landed Gently(1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Through the Mill(1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently in the Sun(1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently With The Painters(1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently to the Summit(1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Go Man(1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Where The Roads Go(1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Floating(1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Sahib(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently with the Ladies(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently North-West(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Continental(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Coloured(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently with the Innocents(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently at a Gallop(1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Where She Lay(1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently French(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently in Trees / Gently Through the Woods(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently with Love(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Where the Birds are(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Instrumental(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently to a Sleep(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Honfleur Decision(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gabrielle's Way(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fields of Heather / Death on the Heath(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Heartbroken / The Scottish Decision(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Between Tides(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Amorous Leander / Death on the Broadlands(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Unhung Man(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Once a prostitute...(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Chelsea Ghost(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Goodnight, Sweet Prince(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Strangling Man(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Traitor's End(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently With The Millions(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Scandalous(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently To A Kill(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Tragic(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently in the Glens(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bomber's Moon(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jackpot!(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Love of Gods(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Over Here(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Mistaken(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Under Fire(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently Sinking(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently in the Past(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gently with Passion(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: Gently North-West is also known as Gently in the Highlands. Gently in Trees was also published as Gently Through the Woods. Fields of Heather is also known as Death on the Heath. Amorous Leander is alternatively titled Death on the Broadlands. The Unhanged Man was also released as Unhung Man.

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George Gently Synopsis: In Gently in Trees by Alan Hunter, Adrian Stoll’s death was not a suicide, considering how many people wanted to see him dead. Gently must piece together a puzzle in order to find out what really happened.

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