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Ted Allbeury Books in Order

45 books are credited to Ted Allbeury, published between 1973 and 2007; 1 of them appeared after Ted Allbeury's death in 2005. The first book is A Choice Of Enemies (1973) and the newest is Dangerous Arrivals (2007). Publication order is the reading order below.

Ted Allbeury also publishes as Patrick Kelly, Richard Butler.

Books
45
Published
1973–2007
Pages on record
9,229 in 34 of 45 books
Reading time
154–231 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,229 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 34 of 45 titles with a page count on record.

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Ted Allbeury, born Theodore Edward le Bouthillier Allbeury, was a British writer of espionage fiction who lived from 24 October 1917 to 4 December 2005. From 1940 to 1947 Allbeury served as an intelligence officer in the Special Operations Executive and rose to lieutenant colonel. Allbeury is thought to be the only British secret agent to parachute into Nazi Germany during the war, staying until the Allied armies arrived. During the Cold War, Allbeury was captured and tortured while running agents across the border between East and West Germany. The catalogue opens with A Choice Of Enemies (1973) and Snowball (1974), includes a title published as Richard Butler, and lists the Tad Anders series.

How many Ted Allbeury books are there?

Ted Allbeury has 45 books, released between 1973 and 2007. 1 of them were published after Ted Allbeury's death in 2005. 3 of them belong to the Tad Anders series.

Ted Allbeury Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 45 Ted Allbeury 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. Cover of Moscow Quadrille / Special Forces by Ted Allbeury (1976)
  2. Cover of Italian Assets / Deadly Departures by Ted Allbeury (1976)
  3. Cover of Codeword Cromwell by Ted Allbeury (1980)
  4. Cover of The Other Side Of Silence by Ted Allbeury, book 22 of the Perennial Library series (1981)
  5. Cover of Shadow of Shadows by Ted Allbeury (1982)
  6. Cover of The Lonely Margins by Ted Allbeury (1982)
  7. Cover of No Place to Hide / Hostage by Ted Allbeury (1984)
  8. Cover of The Girl From Addis by Ted Allbeury (1984)
  9. Cover of Children of Tender Years by Ted Allbeury (1985)
  10. Cover of Deep Purple by Ted Allbeury (1990)
  11. Cover of A Time Without Shadows / Rules of the Game by Ted Allbeury (1990)
  12. Cover of The Dangerous Edge by Ted Allbeury (1992)
  13. Cover of Show Me A Hero by Ted Allbeury (1994)
  14. Cover of Long Run by Ted Allbeury (1996)
  15. Cover of Aid and Comfort by Ted Allbeury (1997)
  16. Cover of Shadow of a Doubt by Ted Allbeury (1999)
  17. Cover of The Reckoning by Ted Allbeury (2000)
  18. Cover of Never Look Back by Ted Allbeury (2000)
  19. Cover of The Assets / Due Process by Ted Allbeury (2002)
  20. Cover of Special Forces by Ted Allbeury (2002)
  21. Cover of Hostage by Ted Allbeury (2004)
  22. Cover of Dangerous Arrivals by Ted Allbeury (2007)
  1. 1
    A Choice Of Enemies1973 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973208
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  2. 2
    SnowballTad Anders #11974 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974215
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  3. 3
    Palomino Blonde / Omega-minusTad Anders #21975 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975158
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  4. 4
    Where All the Girls Are Sweeter / Dangerous Arrivals (As: Richard Butler)1975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  5. 5
    The Special Collection / The Networks1975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  6. 6
    The Only Good German / Mission Berlin1976 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976207
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  7. 7
    Moscow Quadrille / Special Forces1976 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976175
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  8. 8
    Italian Assets / Deadly Departures1976 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976208
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  9. 9
    The Lantern Network1978 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978200
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  10. 10
    Alpha List1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  11. 11
    Consequence of Fear / Smokescreen1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  12. 12
    The Twentieth Day of January / Cold Tactics1980 · confirmed 1/4
    1980–
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  13. 13
    Codeword Cromwell1980 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980186
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  14. 14
    The Reaper / The Stalking Angel1980 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980208
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  15. 15
    Secret Whispers1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  16. 16
    The Other Side Of SilencePerennial Library #221981 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981320
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  17. 17
    Shadow of Shadows1982 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982236
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  18. 18
    The Lonely Margins1982 · 267 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982267
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  19. 19
    All Our Tomorrows1982 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982348
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  20. 20
    Pay Any Price1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  21. 21
    The Judas FactorTad Anders #31984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  22. 22
    No Place to Hide / Hostage1984 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984224
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  23. 23
    The Girl From Addis1984 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984191
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  24. 24
    Children of Tender Years1985 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985240
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  25. 25
    The Choice1986 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986384
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  26. 26
    Seeds Of Treason1986 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986320
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  27. 27
    The Crossing / Berlin Exchange1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  28. 28
    A Wilderness of Mirrors1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  29. 29
    Deep Purple1990 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990240
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  30. 30
    A Time Without Shadows / Rules of the Game1990 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990289
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Ted Allbeury 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.

Tad Anders in order

3 books
  1. 1. Snowball
  2. 2. Palomino Blonde / Omega-minus
  3. 3. The Judas Factor

Perennial Library in order

1 book
  1. 22. The Other Side Of Silence

Standalone books

41 books

41 Ted Allbeury titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ted Allbeury books in order?

You only need to read Ted Allbeury books in order within the Tad Anders series, which holds 3 of the 45 Ted Allbeury books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Ted Allbeury

Start with A Choice Of Enemies (1973), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ted Allbeury book?

Dangerous Arrivals (2007) is the newest Ted Allbeury book released so far.

Is there a new Ted Allbeury book coming?

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

Ted Allbeury at a glance

Died
Ted Allbeury died in 2005, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Ted Allbeury are still being published after Ted Allbeury's death in 2005; the newest appeared in 2007.
Release pace
Ted Allbeury books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
9,229 pages across the 34 of 45 books with a recorded length, a median of 248 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ted Allbeury books, 17 of 45, were published in the 1980s.

What the Ted Allbeury books are about

42 of the 45 Ted Allbeury books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: espionage is tagged on 12 of 42. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.