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Leslie Charteris is not a forgotten writer. Though he wrote other things, he will go down in literary history with his character, Simon Templar, the urbane, sophisticated, gentleman-adventurer better known as the Saint.


The famous logo of The Saint; it has an almost magical nostalgia about it, bringing different emotions and responses from anyone who sees it. Most remember watching Roger Moore playing Simon Templar in the 1960s, as he drove his white Volvo P1800 across our television sets, while others recall George Sanders in a dusty 1940s theater catering to the RKO "B" crowd. Old-time radio fans can still hear the famous voice of Vincent Price broadcasting the adventures of The Saint over the airwaves on CBS and NBC, and yet a younger generation might see a vision of Ian Ogilvy wearing those 1970s fashions we love to hate, starring in The Return of the Saint. A few hearty fans might even conjure up Simon Dutton in his role as the famous Simon Templar in the 1980s. The 1990's featured a big budget Paramount film starring Val Kilmer in many disguises driving around a new Volvo C70 sports coupe.

The more literary minded of us recall a series of books written by Leslie Charteris, dating back to the 1920s that was still being added to in the 1980s. Readers of pulp magazines have pleasant memories of The Saint Mystery Magazine, as well as other stories appearing in such magazines as Black Mask, Double Detective and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. The Saint also ventured into the comics section of our newspapers, battling alongside Dick Tracy and the other Sunday heroes. Simon Templar even had his own series of bubblegum cards, and with a TV series currently under option in the new millennium, one thing remains unchanged: Watch for the sign of The Saint, he will be back.

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All the books are in .doc, .pdf and .mobi format. It might be that some of the books are missing, maybe one or three, for which I apologize, but do find enclosed the list so you can read them from 1 onwards.

Considered canonical order for "The Saint" books:

THE SAINT MEETS THE TIGER
ENTER THE SAINT
THE SAINT vs. SCOTLAND YARD
THE SAINT'S GETAWAY
THE SAINT AND MR. TEAL
THE BRIGHTER BUCANEER
THE SAINT IN LONDON a.k.a THE SAINT IN ENGLAND
THE SAINT INTERVENES
THE SAINT GOES ON
THE SAINT IN NEW YORK
THE SAINT OVERBOARD
THE SAINT IN ACTION
FOLLOW THE SAINT
THE HAPPY HIGHWAYMAN
THE SAINT IN MIAMI
THE SAINT GOES WEST
THE SAINT STEPS IN
THE SAINT ON GUARD
CALL FOR THE SAINT
THE SAINT IN EUROPE
THE SAINT ON THE SPANISH MAIN
THE SAINT AROUND THE WORLD
SENOR SAINT
THE SAINT TO THE RESCUE
TRUST THE SAINT
THE SAINT IN THE SUN
VENDETTA FOR THE SAINT
THE SAINT ON TV
THE SAINT AND THE FICTION MAKERS
THE SAINT ABRAOD
THE SAINT IN PURSUIT
THE SAINT AND THE PEOPLE IMPORTERS
CATCH THE SAINT
THE SAINT AND THE HAPSBURG NECKLACE
SEND FOR THE SAINT
THE SAINT IN TROUBLE
THE SAINT AND THE TEMPLAR TREASURE
COUNT ON THE SAINT
SALVAGE FOR THE SAINT

Enjoy, read and see!