Alan Hunter
Alan Hunter (1922-2005) was an English author of crime fiction. After leaving school at 14, he worked on his family farm and enjoyed writing natural history notes for the newspaper as well as poetry. All of his novels are part of his Inspector George Gently series, for which he wrote one novel almost every year he was active.

Alan Hunter became a published author in 1944 when his poems were collected and released as The Norwich Poems, which is long since out-of-print. His debut novel was published in 1955, entitled Gently Does It. He wrote a total of 46 novels over the course of his career, with the final one being Gently Mistaken, which was published in 1999. Below is a list of Alan Hunter’s books in order of when they were first released:

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 was also published under the title of Gently in the Highlands. Gently in Trees was alternatively titled Gently Through the Woods. Fields of Heather was also titled Death on the Heath. Amorous Leander is also known as Death on the Broadlands. The Unhanged Man was also published as Unhung Man.

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