Francis Clifford Books in Order

23 books are credited to Francis Clifford, published between 1953 and 1982; 4 of them appeared after Francis Clifford's death in 1975. The first book is Honour the Shrine (1953) and the newest is Ten Minutes On A June Morning, And Other Stories (1982). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1953–1982
Pages on record
3,669 in 15 of 23 books
Reading time
61–92 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,669 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

Francis Clifford was the pen name of Arthur Leonard Bell Thompson (1917-1975), a British author of crime and thriller novels. The 23 catalogued books run from Honour the Shrine (1953) to Ten Minutes On A June Morning, And Other Stories (1982), a collection that appeared after the author's death. Titles include Time Is an Ambush (1962), The Green Fields of Eden (1963) and The Hunting Ground (1964). Catalogue subjects list Burma and the 1st Battalion Burma Rifles of the British Army.

How many Francis Clifford books are there?

Francis Clifford has 23 books, released between 1953 and 1982. 4 of them were published after Francis Clifford's death in 1975.

Francis Clifford Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Francis Clifford books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Honour the Shrine1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953
  2. 2
    The Trembling Earth,1955 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1955128
  3. 3
    Overdue1957 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1957224
  4. 4
    Something to Love1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958
  5. 5
    A Battle is Fought to Be Won1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960
  6. 6
    Act of Mercy / Guns of Darkness1962 · confirmed 1/4
    1962
  7. 7
    Time Is an Ambush1962 · confirmed 1/4
    1962
  8. 8
    The Green Fields of Eden1963 · 417 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963417
  9. 9
    The Hunting Ground1964 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964192
  10. 10
    The Third Side of the Coin1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965
  11. 11
    Spanish duet;: Two novels of suspenseFrancis Clifford Omnibus #11966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966
  12. 12
    The Naked Runner1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966
  13. 13
    All Men Are Lonely Now1967 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967224
  14. 14
    Another Way of Dying1968 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968220
  15. 15
    The Blind Side1971 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971202
  16. 16
    A Wild Justice1972 · 115 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972115
  17. 17
    Amigo, Amigo1973 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973255
  18. 18
    The Grosvenor Square Goodbye / Good-Bye and Amen1974 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974211
  19. 19
    OmnibusFrancis Clifford Omnibus #21975 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975223
  20. 20
    Drummer In The Dark1977 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977175
  21. 21
    Great Spy StoriesFrancis Clifford Omnibus #31978 · 703 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978703
  22. 22
    Desperate Journey1979 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979192

Francis Clifford books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Francis Clifford Omnibus

3 books

3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

20 books

20 Francis Clifford titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Francis Clifford books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 23 Francis Clifford books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Francis Clifford

Start with Honour the Shrine (1953), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Francis Clifford book?

Ten Minutes On A June Morning, And Other Stories (1982) is the newest Francis Clifford book released so far.

Is there a new Francis Clifford book coming?

No next Francis Clifford book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Francis Clifford at a glance

Died
Francis Clifford died in 1975, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Francis Clifford are still being published after Francis Clifford's death in 1975; the newest appeared in 1982.
Release pace
Francis Clifford books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,669 pages across the 15 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 211 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Francis Clifford books, 10 of 23, were published in the 1960s.

What the Francis Clifford books are about

14 of the 23 Francis Clifford books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 9 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.