Adam Brookes

Adam Brookes

2 Series • 4 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Philip Mangan Books
Start with: Night Heron (2014)
Popular Choice
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City (2023)

ⓘ About Adam Brookes

Adam Brookes is well known for his book, ‘Night Heron’ which is his first novel. Though he grew up in the UK, Adam was born in Canada. In the UK he lived in a village called Oxfordshire where he grew up. He was able to study Chinese language in London at the school of Oriental and African Studies. This was during the 1980s but he later went ahead and took up the career of being a journalist working briefly in magazines. Brookes later landed in a new job where he worked with BBC as a copytaster. Adam later left this job and became a BBC radio producer. Later on, he became a foreign correspondent where he was first based in Indonesia then China. He later moved to the US where he currently lives.

All Book Series by Adam Brookes

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Night Heron

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2014

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2014
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Spy Games

Book 2 of 3 · published 2015

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2015
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The Spy's Daughter

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2017

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2017
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Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City

Single-title series · published 2023

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2023

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Adam Brookes?

Adam Brookes is well known for his book, 'Night Heron’ which is his first novel. Though he grew up in the UK, Adam was born in Canada. In the UK he lived in a village called Oxfordshire where he grew up.

Which Adam Brookes series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Philip Mangan series, the earliest of Adam Brookes's multi-book series: it opens with Night Heron (2014) and runs to 3 books across 2014–2017, ending with The Spy's Daughter (2017).

How many books has Adam Brookes written?

Adam Brookes has 4 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2014 and 2023. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Philip Mangan series with 3 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.

In what order should Adam Brookes's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Adam Brookes's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Philip Mangan (2014–2017, 3 books).

How are Adam Brookes's books organised into series?

This guide splits Adam Brookes's 4 books into 1 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Philip Mangan (3 books, 2014–2017).