Leslie Charteris
Leslie Charteris (1907-1993) was a British author of crime thriller and adventure novels. He is best known for creating The Saint series starring Simon Templar. Charteris was born in Singapore to a Chinese father and British mother. He attended Rossall School in Lancashire, England before moving onto King’s College, Cambridge, which he dropped out from in order write. His Saint series includes over 100 novels, novellas and short stories, 16 films and three separate television series.

Leslie Charteris became a published author in 1927 with the novel X Esquire. It would be one of his only standalone novels, as the majority of his work features his Simon Templar character. Charteris also wrote several screenplays for Paramount, RKO, Universal and MGM. His final novel was the 1964 Saint novel Vendetta for the Saint; all future novels in the series were written by other authors. Below is a list of Leslie Charteris’ books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Bill Kennedy Books

Publication Order of Simon Templar Books

The Saint Meets the Tiger / Meet the Tiger! (1928)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Enter the Saint (1930)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Closes the Case / The Last Hero (1930)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Avenging Saint / Knight Templar (1930)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Meets his Match (1931)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Featuring the Saint (1931)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Alias the Saint (1931)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Meets His Match / She Was a Lady / Angels of Doom (1931)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint versus Scotland Yard / The Holy Terror (1932)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint's Getaway / The Getaway (1932)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint and Mr. Teal / Once More the Saint (1933)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Brighter Buccaneer (1933)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint in London / The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal (1934)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Intervenes / Boodle (1934)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Goes On (1934)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint in New York (1935)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Saint Overboard (1936)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint in Action / Ace of Knaves (1937)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Bids Diamonds / The Saint at the Thieves' Picnic / Thieves' Picnic (1937)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Plays with Fire / Prelude for War (1938)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Follow the Saint (1939)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Happy Highwayman (1939)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint in Miami (1940)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Goes West (1942)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Steps In (1943)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint on Guard (1944)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint and the Sizzling Saboteur (1944)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Sees it Through (1946)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Call for the Saint (1948)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Saint Errant (1948)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint in Europe (1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint on the Spanish Main (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Around the World (1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Thanks to the Saint (1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Señor Saint (1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint to the Rescue (1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Trust the Saint (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint in the Sun (1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vendetta for the Saint (1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint on TV (With: Fleming Lee) (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Returns (With: Fleming Lee) (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint and the Fiction Makers (With: Fleming Lee) (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint Abroad (With: Fleming Lee) (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint in Pursuit (With: Fleming Lee) (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint and the People Importers (With: Fleming Lee) (1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Catch the Saint (With: Fleming Lee) (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace (With: Christopher Short) (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Send for the Saint (With: Peter Bloxsom) (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint in Trouble (With: Graham Weaver) (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Saint and the Templar Treasure (With: Graham Weaver,Donne Avenell) (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Count on the Saint (With: Graham Weaver,Donne Avenell) (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Salvage for the Saint (With: Peter Bloxsom) (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Capture the Saint (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Simon Templar Collections

The Fantastic Saint (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

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

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Publication Order of Anthologies

The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder On The Railways(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Part IX: 2018 Annual(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Part XI: Some Untold Cases(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Part XV: 2019 Annual(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXI: 2020 Annual(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Some More Untold Cases Part XXII: 1877-1887(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXVII: 2021 Annual 1898-1928(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXXIV: However Improbable(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXXIX: 2023 Annual(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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Notes: Meet the Tiger was also published under the titles of The Saint Meets the Tiger, Scoundrels Ltd., Crooked Gold and The Saint in Danger. The Last Hero was also released as The Creeping Death, Sudden Death, The Saint Closes the Case and The Saint and the Last Hero. Knight Templar was later re-titled The Avenging Saint. She Was a Lady was also titled The Saint Meets His Match and Angels of Doom. The Holy Terror was also published as The Saint vs. Scotland Yard. Getaway was also published under the titles of The Saint’s Getaway, Property of the Deceased and Two Men from Munich. Once More the Saint was later re-titled The Saint and Mr. Teal. The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal was also published under the alternate titles of The Saint in London and The Saint in England. Boodle was also released as The Saint Intervenes. Saint Overboard was also published as The Pirate Saint. The Ace of Knaves was also titled The Saint in Action. Thieves’ Picnic was also published under the title of The Saint Bids Diamonds. Prelude for War was also titled The Saint Plays with Fire and The Saint and the Sinners.

Vendetta for the Saint was ghostwritten by Harry Harrison. The Saint on TV and The Saint and the Fiction Makers were ghostwritten by Fleming Lee and John Kruse. The Saint Returns was ghostwritten by Fleming Lee, John Kruse, D.R. Motton and Leigh Vance. The Saint Abroad was ghostwritten by Fleming Lee and Michael Pertwee. The Saint in Pursuit and The Saint and the People Importers were ghostwritten by Fleming Lee. Catch the Saint was ghostwritten by Fleming Lee and Norman Worker. The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace was ghostwritten by Christopher Short. Send for the Saint was ghostwritten by Peter Bloxsom, John Kruse and Donald James. The Saint in Trouble was ghostwritten by Graham Weaver, John Kruse and Terence Feely. The Saint and the Templar Treasure and Count on the Saint were ghostwritten by Graham Weaver and Donne Avenell. Salvage for the Saint was ghostwritten by Peter Bloxsom and John Kruse.

Capture the Saint was written by Burl Barer, based on the characters created by Leslie Charteris. Juan Belmonte, Killer of Bulls was credited to Juan Belmonte, ghostwritten by Manuel Chaves Nogales and translated from Spanish into English by Leslie Charteris.

Leslie Charteris Synopsis: In Enter the Saint by Leslie Charteris, Simon Templar goes up against “Snake” Ganning, hunts down a stolen collection of jewels and brings down a smuggling racket. “The Saint” may not always do things by the book, but he has charm and morality; the angels must be on his side.

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