Man in Ambush

{{Short description|1958 novel}}

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| image =File:Man in Ambush.jpg

| caption = First edition (US)

| author = Maurice Procter

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| series = Harry Martineau

| genre = Crime

| publisher = Hutchinson
Harper (US)

| release_date = 1958

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| media_type = Print

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| preceded_by = The Midnight Plumber

| followed_by = Killer At Large

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Man in Ambush is a 1958 crime novel by the British writer Maurice Procter.Dove p.258 It is the third in his series featuring Chief Inspector Harry Martineau, set in the Northern industrial city of Granchester.Reilly p.1216 It takes the form of a police procedural. Published by Hutchinson, it was released in the United States by Harper & Row the following year.Vicarel p.218