Leslie Charteris

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Leslie Charteris (1907-1993) was a British author renowned for creating the Simon Templar character in The Saint series. Born in Singapore to a Chinese father and British mother, he attended Rossall School and briefly King’s College, Cambridge, before leaving to pursue writing. The Saint series encompasses over 100 novels, novellas, and short stories, as well as 16 films and three television series.

Leslie Charteris's novels follow the adventures of Simon Templar, known as "The Saint." In "Meet the Tiger," Templar confronts a criminal mastermind. "The Last Hero" sees him solving a murder mystery linked to a dangerous plot. "Knight Templar" involves Templar avenging an innocent victim. "She Was a Lady" features Templar matching wits with a cunning femme fatale. "The Holy Terror" pits him against Scotland Yard in a thrilling chase.

Bill Kennedy

X Esquire

(1927)

The White Rider

(1928)

Simon Templar

The Saint Meets the Tiger / Meet the Tiger!

(1928)

Enter the Saint

(1930)

The Saint Closes the Case / The Last Hero

(1930)

The Avenging Saint / Knight Templar

(1930)

The Saint Meets his Match

(1931)

Featuring the Saint

(1931)

Alias the Saint

(1931)

The Saint Meets His Match / She Was a Lady / Angels of Doom

(1931)

The Saint versus Scotland Yard / The Holy Terror

(1932)

The Saint's Getaway / The Getaway

(1932)

The Saint and Mr. Teal / Once More the Saint

(1933)

The Brighter Buccaneer

(1933)

The Saint in London / The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal

(1934)

The Saint Intervenes / Boodle

(1934)

The Saint Goes On

(1934)

The Saint in New York

(1935)

Saint Overboard

(1936)

The Saint in Action / Ace of Knaves

(1937)

The Saint Bids Diamonds / The Saint at the Thieves' Picnic / Thieves' Picnic

(1937)

The Saint Plays with Fire / Prelude for War

(1938)

Follow the Saint

(1939)

The Happy Highwayman

(1939)

The Saint in Miami

(1940)

The Saint Goes West

(1942)

The Saint Steps In

(1943)

The Saint on Guard

(1944)

The Saint and the Sizzling Saboteur

(1944)

The Saint Sees it Through

(1946)

Call for the Saint

(1948)

Saint Errant

(1948)

The Saint in Europe

(1953)

The Saint on the Spanish Main

(1955)

The Saint Around the World

(1956)

Thanks to the Saint

(1957)

Señor Saint

(1958)

The Saint to the Rescue

(1959)

Trust the Saint

(1962)

The Saint in the Sun

(1963)

Vendetta for the Saint

(1964)

The Saint on TV

(1967)(With: Fleming Lee)

The Saint Returns

(1968)(With: Fleming Lee)

The Saint and the Fiction Makers

(1968)(With: Fleming Lee)

The Saint Abroad

(1969)(With: Fleming Lee)

The Saint in Pursuit

(1970)(With: Fleming Lee)

The Saint and the People Importers

(1971)(With: Fleming Lee)

Catch the Saint

(1975)(With: Fleming Lee)

The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace

(1975)(With: Christopher Short)

Send for the Saint

(1977)(With: Peter Bloxsom)

The Saint in Trouble

(1978)(With: Graham Weaver)

The Saint and the Templar Treasure

(1979)(With: Graham Weaver,Donne Avenell)

Count on the Saint

(1980)(With: Graham Weaver,Donne Avenell)

Salvage for the Saint

(1983)(With: Peter Bloxsom)

Simon Templar Collections

The Fantastic Saint

(1982)

Standalone Novels

Daredevil

(1929)

The Bandit

(1929)

Lady on a Train

(2020)

Short Story Collections

Sherlock Holmes: The Lost Radio Scripts

(2017)(With: Denis Green)

Non-Fiction

Juan Belmonte

(1937)

Paleneo

(1972)

Anthologies

Mermaids!

(1986)

The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels

(1996)

Murder On The Railways

(2003)

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Part IX: 2018 Annual

(2018)

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Part XI: Some Untold Cases

(2018)

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Part XV: 2019 Annual

(2019)

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXI: 2020 Annual

(2020)

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Some More Untold Cases Part XXII: 1877-1887

(2020)

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXVII: 2021 Annual 1898-1928

(2021)

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXXIV: However Improbable

(2022)

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXXIX: 2023 Annual

(2023)

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