Man in Ambush is a 1958 crime novel by the British writer Maurice Procter.

[1] It is the third in his series featuring Chief Inspector Harry Martineau, set in the Northern industrial city of Granchester.

Published by Hutchinson, it was released in the United States by Harper & Row the following year.

[3] Martineau sets out to try and hunt down the killer of his colleague Inspector Robert McQuade.

However he soon faces attempts on his own life and a scheme to frame him for taking bribes.