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The Saint Meets the Tiger / Meet the Tiger!(1928)Description / Buy at Amazon
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The Saint Closes the Case / The Last Hero(1930)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Avenging Saint / Knight Templar(1930)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Featuring the Saint(1931)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alias the Saint(1931)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint Meets His Match / She Was a Lady / Angels of Doom(1931)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint versus Scotland Yard / The Holy Terror(1932)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint's Getaway / The Getaway(1932)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint and Mr. Teal / Once More the Saint(1933)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Brighter Buccaneer(1933)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint in London / The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal(1934)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint Intervenes / Boodle(1934)Description / Buy at Amazon
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The Saint in New York(1935)Description / Buy at Amazon
Saint Overboard(1936)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint in Action / Ace of Knaves(1937)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint Bids Diamonds / The Saint at the Thieves' Picnic / Thieves' Picnic(1937)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint Plays with Fire / Prelude for War(1938)Description / Buy at Amazon
Follow the Saint(1939)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Happy Highwayman(1939)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint in Miami(1940)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint Goes West(1942)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint Steps In(1943)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint on Guard(1944)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint and the Sizzling Saboteur(1944)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint Sees it Through(1946)Description / Buy at Amazon
Call for the Saint(1948)Description / Buy at Amazon
Saint Errant(1948)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint in Europe(1953)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint on the Spanish Main(1955)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint Around the World(1956)Description / Buy at Amazon
Thanks to the Saint(1957)Description / Buy at Amazon
Señor Saint(1958)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint to the Rescue(1959)Description / Buy at Amazon
Trust the Saint(1962)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint in the Sun(1963)Description / Buy at Amazon
Vendetta for the Saint(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint on TV (With: Fleming Lee)(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint Returns (With: Fleming Lee)(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint and the Fiction Makers (With: Fleming Lee)(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint Abroad (With: Fleming Lee)(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint in Pursuit (With: Fleming Lee)(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint and the People Importers (With: Fleming Lee)(1971)Description / Buy at Amazon
Catch the Saint (With: Fleming Lee)(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace (With: Christopher Short)(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
Send for the Saint (With: Peter Bloxsom)(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint in Trouble (With: Graham Weaver)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Saint and the Templar Treasure (With: Graham Weaver,Donne Avenell)(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
Count on the Saint (With: Graham Weaver,Donne Avenell)(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
Salvage for the Saint (With: Peter Bloxsom)(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon

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The Fantastic Saint(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon

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Sherlock Holmes: The Lost Radio Scripts (With: Denis Green)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon

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Part I: 1881 to 1889 (By: Craig Janacek,Denis O. Smith,David Marcum,Daniel McGachey,Derrick Belanger,Martin Rosenstock,Will Thomas,John Hall,Mark Mower,Daniel D. Victor,Hugh Ashton,Jayantika Ganguly,Shane Simmons,Adrian Middleton,John Heywood,Deanna Baran,Amy Thomas,Stephen Wade)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part II: 1890 to 1895 (By: Bill Crider,Lyndsay Faye,Christopher Redmond,Bert Coules,J.R. Campbell,William Patrick Maynard,Sam Wiebe,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Matthew Booth,Jack Grochot,Ann Margaret Lewis,Mike Hogan,Jeremy Branton Holstein,Dick Gillman,Mike Hogan)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part III: 1896 to 1929 (By: Lyn McConchie,James Lovegrove,Matthew J. Elliott,Bob Byrne,Stuart Douglas,David Marcum,Larry Millett,Paul D. Gilbert,Geri Schear,Mark Alberstat,Tim Symonds)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part IV: 2016 Annual (By: David Stuart Davies,Nicholas Utechin,Andy Lane,Richard Doyle,J.R. Campbell,Craig Janacek,Roger Johnson,Bob Byrne,Denis O. Smith,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Daniel McGachey,Derrick Belanger,Matthew Booth,Bonnie MacBird,Mark Mower,Daniel D. Victor,Hugh Ashton,Jayantika Ganguly,Steve Emecz,Deanna Baran,Arthur Hall,Vincent W. Wright,Jeremy Holstein,Andrea Mantin Levy,Steven Rothman,Melissa Farnham)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part V (By: James Lovegrove,Nicholas Utechin,Jan Edwards,Matthew J. Elliott,Bert Coules,William Patrick Maynard,Bob Byrne,Denis O. Smith,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,Narrelle M. Harris,Mike Chinn,John Hall,Paul D. Gilbert,Mark Mower,Jan Edwards,Hugh Ashton,N. John Hall,Julie McKuras,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Amy Thomas,Julie McKuras,Arthur Hall)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part VI (By: David Timson,Nicholas Utechin,Carla Coupe,Jan Edwards,Craig Janacek,Roger Johnson,Bob Byrne,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,Mark Mower,Thomas A. Turley,Robert Perret,Jan Edwards,Daniel D. Victor,Hugh Ashton,Geri Schear,Shane Simmons,Julie McKuras,Keith Hann,Steve Emecz,Steve Emecz,Thomas A. Turley,Roger Riccard,Deanna Baran,Thomas A. Turley,Julie McKuras,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part VII (By: Lee Child,James Lovegrove,Jan Edwards,Rand Lee,John Linwood Grant,Michael Cox,Steven Philip Jones,David Marcum,Mike Chinn,John Hall,Mark Mower,Thomas A. Turley,Jan Edwards,Daniel D. Victor,James Moffett,Hugh Ashton,Geri Schear,Jayantika Ganguly,Shane Simmons,Anna Elliott,Charles Veley,N. John Hall,Adrian Middleton,Mike Hogan,Thomas A. Turley,Mike Hogan)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part VIII: Eliminate The Impossible: 1892-1905 (By: Will Murray,William Meikle,Craig Janacek,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Daniel McGachey,Michael Mallory,Derrick Belanger,Aaron Smith,Paul D. Gilbert,Robert Perret,Jeremy Branton Holstein,Roger Riccard,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part IX: 2018 Annual (With: Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Denis Green,Mark Mower,James Moffett,Geri Schear,Shane Simmons,Robert Stapleton,Roger Riccard,Deanna Baran,Kevin Thornton)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part X: 2018 Annual (By: Will Murray,Kelvin Jones,David Marcum,Martin Rosenstock,Greg Hatcher,Robert Perret,Daniel D. Victor,Hugh Ashton,Jayantika Ganguly,Peter Coe Verbica,Mike Hogan,Dick Gillman,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XI: Some Untold Cases (With: Craig Stephen Copland,Will Murray,Stephen Herczeg,Richard Dean Starr,David Marcum,Denis Green,Robert Perret,Hugh Ashton,Jayantika Ganguly,Kevin P. Thornton,Roger Riccard,Deanna Baran,Mike Hogan)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XII: Some Untold Cases (By: Craig Janacek,John Linwood Grant,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,Nik Morton,Paul D. Gilbert,Mark Mower,Daniel D. Victor,Robert Stapleton,Mike Hogan,Jane Rubino,Arthur Hall)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XIII: 2019 Annual 1881-1890 (By: Roger Johnson,Mark Wardecker,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,Will Thomas,Mark Mower,Hugh Ashton,Shane Simmons,Tim Gambrell,Steve Emecz,Paul Hiscock,Andrew Bryant,Arthur Hall,Brenda Seabrook,Robert Stapleton,S.F. Bennett,Edwin A. Enstrom,M.J.H. Simmonds,Tracy Revels,Sean M. Wright,Marino C. Álvarez,Kevin P. Thornton,Stephen Seitz,Jim French,David Friend,Peter Coe Verbica,Jacquelynn Morris,Melissa Grigsby)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XV: 2019 Annual (With: Will Murray,Kelvin Jones,David Marcum,Jack Grochot,Denis Green,Mark Mower,Robert Perret,Robert Stapleton,Peter Coe Verbica,Mike Hogan,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Dick Gillman,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall,Robert Stapleton,Peter Coe Verbica)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XIV: 2019 Annual (By: Stephen Herczeg,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Matthew Booth,I.A. Watson,Geri Schear,Jayantika Ganguly,Anna Elliott,Charles Veley,Liz Hedgecock,Harry DeMaio,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Thomas A. Burns, Jr.,Arthur Hall,Edwin A. Enstrom)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XVII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth (By: Will Murray,David Marcum,Michael Mallory,Anna Elliott,Charles Veley,Jane Rubino,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XVIII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth 1899-1925 (By: Matthew J. Elliott,Craig Janacek,Gareth Tilley,Kelvin I. Jones,Roger Johnson,David Marcum,Roger Silverwood,Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Christopher James,Steve Emecz,Harry DeMaio,Matthew White,Paul Hiscock,Arthur Hall,S.F. Bennett,Thomas A. Burns Jr.,Roger Stapleton,Tom Turley,Tracey J. Revels,Nick Cardillo)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XVI: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth (By: Josh Pachter,Victoria Watson,David Marcum,Kevin Jones,Mark Mower,Jayantika Ganguly,Shane Simmons,Tim Gambrell,Elizabeth Sophia Watson,Brenda Seabrooke,Andrew Bryant,Kevin Thornton,Arthur Hall,Tracy Revels,David Friend)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XX: 2020 Annual (By: Will Murray,Matthew J. Elliott,Steven Philip Jones,David Marcum,I.A. Watson,Mark Mower,Robert Perret,Anna Elliott,Charles Veley,Sonia Fetherston,Harry DeMaio,Harry DeMaio,Deanna Baran,Susan Knight,Kevin Thornton,Arthur Hall,Tracy Revels,Thomas A. Burns Jr.)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXI: 2020 Annual (With: John Lawrence,Bob Byrne,David Marcum,Stephen Mason Merrill,Michael Mallory,Derrick Belanger,Denis Green,Mark Mower,Hugh Ashton,Geri Schear,Jayantika Ganguly,John Lawrence Toole,Peter Coe Verbica,Dick Gillman,Paula Hammond,Jane Rubino,Arthur Hall,Peter Coe Verbica)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XIX: 2020 Annual (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Will Murray,David Marcum,James Moffett,Tim Gambrell,Matthew White,Robert Stapleton,Peter Coe Verbica,Ian Ableson,Kevin P. Thornton,Roger Riccard,Ian Ableson,Matthew White,Thomas A. Turley,Brenda Seabrooke,Dick Gillman,Andrew Bryant,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall,Robert Stapleton,Sean M. Wright,David Friend,Peter Coe Verbica,Nick Cardillo)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Some More Untold Cases Part XXII: 1877-1887 (With: Denis O. Smith,David Marcum,Stephen Mason Merrill,Derrick Belanger,Denis Green,Richard Paolinelli,Mark Mower,Geri Schear,Liese Sherwood-Fabre,Ian Ableson,Kevin P. Thornton,Susan Knight,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Chris Chan,Tim Symonds,Robert Stapleton,S.F. Bennett,Kevin P. Thornton)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXIII: 1888-1894 (By: Dacre Stoker,Will Murray,Matthew J. Elliott,Craig Janacek,Steven Philip Jones,Leverett Butts,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Mike Chinn,I.A. Watson,Paul D. Gilbert,Hugh Ashton,Shane Simmons,Tim Gambrell,Paul Hiscock,Margaret Walsh,Tracy J. Revels,Barry Clay,Margaret Walsh,Jane Rubino,Arthur Hall)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXIV: 1895-1903 (By: Craig Stephen Copland,John Lawrence,John Linwood Grant,Stephen Herczeg,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,John Davis,Jayantika Ganguly,Kevin P. Thornton,Susan Knight,Harry DeMaio,Tracy J. Revels,Harry DeMaio,Brenda Seabrooke,Dick Gillman,Paula Hammond,Arthur Hall,Kevin P. Thornton,Thomas A. Burns Jr.)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXV: 2021 Annual 1881-1888 (By: Peter Lovesey,Matthew J. Elliott,Craig Janacek,Roger Johnson,Denis O. Smith,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Hugh Ashton,Kevin McCann,Steve Emecz,Matthew White,Martin Daley,Paul Hiscock,Jane Rubino,Chris Chan,Robert Stapleton,M.J.H. Simmonds,Brenda Seagrove,Keith Hann,Hal Glatzer,Stephen Gaspar)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXVI (By: Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,I.A. Watson,Frank Schildiner,Mark Mower,James Moffett,Geri Schear,Naching T. Kassa,Adrian Middleton,Peter Coe Verbica,Margaret Walsh,James Gelter,Ian Ableson,Kevin P. Thornton,Harry DeMaio,Anthony Gurney,Ian Ableson,Harry DeMaio,Dick Gillman,Mike Hogan,Susan Knight,Arthur Hall,Kevin P. Thornton,Peter Coe Verbica)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXVII: 2021 Annual 1898-1928 (With: Craig Stephen Copland,Peter Lovesey,Will Murray,John Lawrence,Stephen Herczeg,Roger Johnson,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,John Davis,Denis Green,Tim Gambrell,Tracy J. Revels,Jeremy Branton Holstein,Thomas A. Turley,S.C. Toft,Roger Riccard,Steve Emecz,Arthur Hall)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXX: More Christmas Adventures 1897-1928 (By: Nancy Holder,Roger Johnson,D.J. Tyrer,David Marcum,Michael Mallory,Geri Schear,Jayantika Ganguly,Shane Simmons,Naching T. Kassa,Tim Gambrell,Steve Emecz,Paul Hiscock,Andrew Bryant,Paula Hammond,Susan Knight,Kevin Thornton,J.S. Rowlinson,Julie McKuras,J. Lawrence Matthews,Jane Rubino,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXIX: More Christmas Adventures 1889-1896 (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Gordon Linzner,Roger Johnson,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,I.A. Watson,Frank Schildiner,Paul D. Gilbert,Tracy J. Revels,Steve Emecz,Ian Ableson,Wayne Anderson,Barry Clay,Harry DeMaio,Matthew White,Margaret Walsh,Dan Rowley,Arthur Hall)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 (By: Nancy Holder,Will Murray,John Lawrence,Stephen Herczeg,Roger Johnson,David Marcum,Mark Mower,Liz Hedgecock,Tim Gambrell,Roger Riccard,Steve Emecz,Deanna Baran,Thomas A. Turley,Brenda Seabrooke,Thomas A. Burns, Jr.,Amy Thomas,Jeffrey A. Lockwood,Martin Daley,Dick Gillman,Paul Hiscock,Mike Hogan)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 (By: Nancy Holder,David Marcum)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
XXXI: 2022 Annual 1875-1887 (By: John Lawrence,Gordon Linzner,Kelvin I. Jones,Roger Johnson,D.J. Tyrer,David Marcum,I.A. Watson,Geri Schear,Tracy J. Revels,Steve Emecz,Dan Rowley,Susan Knight,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall,Robert Stapleton,Hal Glatzer,Sean Wright,Jeffrey Hatcher,Terry Golledge,David MacGregor,Emma West,Kevin Patrick McCann,Thomas Burns,Steven Herczeg)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXII: 2022 Annual 1888-1895 (By: Will Murray,Craig Janacek,David Marcum,Mike Chinn,Paul Hiscock,Hal Glatzer,James Gelter,Ian Ableson,Mike Hogan,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Wayne Anderson,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall,Hal Glatzer,Terry Golledge,Kevin Patrick McCann,Alan Dimes)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XIII: 2022 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Part XXXIII: 2022 Annual 1896-1919 (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Roger Johnson,Mark Wardecker,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Hugh Ashton,Naching T. Kassa,Tracy J. Revels,Steve Emecz,Dan Rowley,Jeffrey A. Lockwood,Martin Daley,Andrew Bryant,Susan Knight,Tim Symonds,Kevin P. Thornton,Tom Turley,Jeffrey Hatcher,Terry Golledge,Josh Cerefice,David MacGregor,Alisha Shea,Emma West)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXIV: However Improbable (With: Will Murray,Stephen Herczeg,Gordon Linzner,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Denis Green,Paul Hiscock,James Gelter,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Dan Rowley,Thomas A. Burns, Jr.,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall,Tim Newton Anderson,DJ Tyrer,John McNabb,Joseph W. Svec III)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXV: However Improbable (By: David Marcum)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXVI: However Improbable (By: David Marcum)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXVII: 2023 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXVIII: 2023 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXVIII (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXIX (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLII: Further Untold Cases 1894-1922 (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLI: Further Untold Cases - 1887-1892 (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Part XLV: 2024 Annual 1898-1917 (By: David Marcum)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLVI: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1861-1889 (By: David Marcum)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
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with John Lawrence, Michael Sims, Kelvin I. Jones, Roger Johnson, David Marcum, Denis Green, Shane Simmons, Naching T. Kassa, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Steve Emecz, Dan Rowley, Paula Hammond, Kevin Thornton, Jane Rubino, Chris Chan, Arthur Hall, Peter Coe Verbica, Tom Turley, Emma West, William Todd, Ember Pepper, Don Baxter, Alan Dimes
Part XXXIX: 2023 Annual (With: John Lawrence,Michael Sims,Kelvin I. Jones,Roger Johnson,David Marcum,Denis Green,Shane Simmons,Naching T. Kassa,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Steve Emecz,Dan Rowley,Paula Hammond,Kevin Thornton,Jane Rubino,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall,Peter Coe Verbica,Tom Turley,Emma West,William Todd,Ember Pepper,Don Baxter,Alan Dimes)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon

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Leslie Charteris was one of the famous authors of Britain who used to write novels based on the Culinary, mystery and Thriller genres. He was born as Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin on May 12, 1907 in Singapore. Leslie is famous as an author of adventure fiction and as a screenwriter. The most popular works of Leslie as an author are the novels chronicling around the adventures of the famous fictional character named Simon Templar or The Saint. Leslie was of the British-Chinese descent as his father was a Chinese citizen named Dr. S. C. Yin, while his mother, Lydia Florence Bowyer was from England. It was believed that his father was able to trace back his lineage to the emperors of the Shang Dynasty. Leslie became interested in writing novels from a very young age. He was so passionate about writing during his school days that he had created his own magazine with short stories, poems, articles, serials, comic strips and editorials. As a child, Leslie completed his school education from the Rossall School situated in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The first book written by him was accepted during the first year of his college studies in the King’s College at the Cambridge University. After that, he left his college studies for a full time career and never looked back.

Leslie was more motivated with a desire to become financially strong in order to be unconventional in his approach and do whatever he liked to do. Hence, he used to work at various jobs along with writing English thriller novels. The long list of jobs that he did include shipping on a freighter, working as a barman, diving for the search of pearls, working in a tin mine, on a rubber plantation as well as working as a bus driver and as a goldsmith. In the year 1962, Leslie changed his last name legally as Charteris after being inspired by Colonel Francis Charteris. However, in an interview given to the BBC Radio 4, his daughter had said that he had selected the last name from a telephone directory. Leslie moved to the United States in the year 1932 and continued publishing his short stories. Later, he joined the Paramount Pictures as a writer and worked on the film Midnight Club directed by George Raft. Even after working for a few years in the United States, he was not able to acquire a permanent residence as the Chinese Exclusion Act prevented him from doing so. Therefore, he was forced to renew his visitor’s visa continuously after six months. However, he was later granted the permanent residency by the Congress. Leslie went on to write over 100 books revolving around The Saint. After that, he stopped writing further novels in the series, but other authors continued to contribute in the series. The series became one of the longest running series from a single author as author Leslie Charteris spent 55 years working on the series. He equalled Agatha Christie in this feat. Apart from writing fiction novels, Leslie also wrote a cuisine column for one of the American magazines. He is also said to have invented a pictorial and wordless sign language called Paleneo, and went on to write a book on it. His successful writing career allowed him to become an early member of Mensa. Leslie married the Hollywood actress Audrey Long in the year 1952, along with whom he returned to England and lived in Surrey. Leslie died on April 15, 1993 in Windsor, Berkshire at the age of 85 and is survived by his wife and a daughter named Patricia.

One of the initial novels written by author Leslie Charteris in the Simon Templar series was titled ‘The Avenging Saint’. This novel was published by the Ace Books publishing house in the year 1930. The plot of this novel is set in the United Kingdom and features Simon Templar as The Saint. In the opening plot of the novel, Simon gets involved in a thrilling adventure at the start of his young career. An American munitions heiress named, Sonia Delmar is shown as taking a bit of chocolate, which is drugged. Sonia is depicted in the novel as a very beautiful lady and adding drug in her chocolate was meant to kidnap her. The kidnappers begin to blackmail in order to cause an international turmoil, which was already prevalent in the vulnerable Europe during the 1930s. The Saint has the support of powerful and strong men like Roger Conway and Sir Issac Lessing. With the help of these men, Simon tries to save Sonia Delmar from the hands of the kidnappers and stop the international turmoil. However, his adversaries also seem to be equally powerful.

Among the enemies are Rayt Marius, who is known to sacrifice the lives of millions of people fro his own benefit; Prince Rudolph, who thinks of himself as the new Napoleon; and an agent of the Kremlin named Vassilov. The Saint is required to conquer these men in order to be able to save Sonia Delmar and succeed in his motive. One of the other initial novels of the Simon Templar series was titled ‘Alias the Saint’. It was published by the Carroll & Graf publishing house in the year 1931. The plot of this novel too continues to deal with the life of Simon Templar as The Saint. In the opening sequence of the plot of this novel, Simon Templar disguises himself as a professor named Smith-Smyth-Smythe from Timbuctoo and visits the English countryside as he had heard that the guests get cheerful hospitality on their welcome in the countryside. However, as soon as he registers himself for staying at the Beacon Inn hotel, he gets drugged and is treated very miserably. The kidnappers were aware of the fact that professor Smith-Smyth-Smythe was an alias of Simon Templar, The Saint and therefore, he was dealt with such disdain. Now, he is required to figure a way to escape quickly otherwise his adversaries might cause more damage to him, by treating him even more disgracefully. The novel was received with great appreciations by the readers as well as the critics. Although, unlike the previous novels, this novel showed the struggle of Simon Templar, it did not bring down the enthusiasm of the readers. This motivated author Leslie to write a number of other novels in the series. The success of this novel also helped him to establish himself as a noteworthy novelist.

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One Response to “Leslie Charteris”

  1. P Daniel: 5 years ago

    What about the book he wrote to make learning Spanish easy? When was that published?

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