Manning ColesManning Coles was the pseudonym of two British writers, Adelaide Frances Oke Manning (1891–1959) and Cyril Henry Coles (1899–1965),[1] who wrote many spy thrillers from the early 1940s through the early 1960s. The fictional protagonist in 26 of theirbooks was Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon, who works for a department of the Foreign Office, usually referred to in the novels as "MI5" (see Tommy Hambledon, below). Read More Read Less