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Leslie Charteris


(Leslie Charles Bowyer Yin)
UK flag (1907 - 1993)

Author of highly popular mystery-adventure novels and creator of Simon Templar, better known as "the Saint" and sometimes called the "Robin Hood of modern crime." From 1928 some 50 novels and collections of stories about "the Saint" were published; translations existed in at least 15 languages.
 

Genres: Thriller, Mystery
 
Series
Bill Kennedy
   X Esquire (1927)
   The White Rider (1928)
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Saint (Simon Templar)
   1. The Saint Meets The Tiger (1928)
     aka Meet the Tiger!
   2. The Saint Closes the Case (1930)
     aka The Last Hero
   3. Enter The Saint (1930)
   4. The Avenging Saint (1930)
     aka Knight Templar
   5. Featuring The Saint (1931)
   6. Alias The Saint (1931)
   7. The Saint Meets His Match (1931)
     aka She Was a Lady / Angels of Doom
   8. The Saint versus Scotland Yard (1932)
     aka The Holy Terror
   9. The Saint's Getaway (1933)
     aka The Getaway
   10. The Saint and Mr Teal (1933)
     aka Once More the Saint
   11. The Brighter Buccaneer (1933)
   12. The Saint In London (1934)
     aka The Misfortunes of Mr Teal
   13. The Saint Intervenes (1934)
     aka Boodle
   14. The Saint Goes On (1934)
   15. The Saint in New York (1935)
   16. Saint Overboard (1936)
   17. The Saint in Action (1937)
     aka The Ace of Knaves
   18. The Saint Bids Diamonds (1937)
     aka Thieves' Picnic
   19. The Saint Plays with Fire (1938)
     aka Prelude for War
   20. Follow The Saint (1939)
   21. The Happy Highwayman (1939)
   22. The Saint in Miami (1940)
   23. The Saint Goes West (1940)
   24. The Saint Steps In (1943)
   25. The Saint On Guard (1945)
   25.5. The Saint and the Sizzling Saboteur (1981)
   26. The Saint Sees It Through (1946)
   27. Call for the Saint (1948)
   28. Saint Errant (1948)
   29. The Saint in Europe (1953)
   30. The Saint On the Spanish Main (1955)
   31. The Saint Around the World (1956)
   32. Thanks to The Saint (1957)
   33. Senor Saint (1958)
   34. The Saint to the Rescue (1959)
   35. Trust The Saint (1962)
   36. The Saint in the Sun (1963)
   37. Vendetta for the Saint (1964)
   38. The Saint on TV (1970)
   39. The Saint Returns (1969)
   40. The Saint and the Fiction Makers (1969)
   41. The Saint Abroad (1970)
   42. The Saint in Pursuit (1970) (with Fleming Lee)
   43. The Saint and the People Importers (1970) (with Fleming Lee)
   Saints Alive (1974)
   44. Catch the Saint (1975)
   45. The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace (1976) (with Christopher Short)
   47. The Saint in Trouble (1978)
   48. The Saint and the Templar Treasure (1978)
   49. Count on the Saint (1980)
   The Fantastic Saint (1982)
   50. Salvage for the Saint (1983)
   The Best of the Saint, Vol. 1 (2008)
   The Best of the Saint, Vol. 2 (2008)
continued in the series by Burl Barer
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Novels
   The Bandit (1929)
   Daredevil (1929)
   Juan Belmonte, Killer of Bulls (1937) (with Manuel Chaves Nogales)
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Non fiction show
 
Leslie Charteris recommends
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Ellison Wonderland (1962)
Harlan Ellison
"Ellison writes with sensitivity as well as guts---a rare combination."

Anthologies containing stories by Leslie Charteris
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The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXVII (2021)
(MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, book 27)
edited by
David Marcum
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The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (2007)
Forty-Five of the Best Stories to Come Out of the Pulps During Their Golden Age
edited by
Otto Penzler

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