The Saint Plays with Fire - Softcover

Charteris, Leslie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1477842780 ISBN 13: 9781477842782

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer, 2014

Synopsis

When the Saint and Patricia spot a country house on fire, they rush to help but are too late for one man, who is trapped inside. The dead man had been locked in a room, so Simon concludes there’s a murder to answer for, despite the coroner’s differing opinion. When the Saint investigates further, he gets caught up with generals, financiers, and an assassination plot designed to start a war.

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About the Author

Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore on May 12th, 1907. With his mother and brother, he moved to England in 1919 and attended Rossall School in Lancashire before moving on to Cambridge University to study law. His studies there came to a halt when a publisher accepted his first novel. His third book, entitled Meet the Tiger!, was written when he was twenty years old and published in September 1928. It introduced the world to Simon Templar, aka the Saint.

He continued to write about the Saint until 1983 when the last book, Salvage for the Saint, was published. The books, which have been translated into over thirty languages, number nearly a hundred and have sold over 40 million copies around the world. They’ve inspired, to date, fifteen feature films, three TV series, ten radio series, and a comic strip that was written by Charteris and syndicated around the world for over a decade. He enjoyed travelling but settled for long periods in Hollywood, Florida, and finally in Surrey, England. He was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger by the Crime Writers’ Association in 1992, in recognition of a lifetime of achievement. He died the following year.

To find out more about Leslie Charteris and his work, visit www.lesliecharteris.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1477842780
• ISBN 13: 9781477842782
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 342