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The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal

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gold bullion from a government aircraft. Templar's plans to clear his name are complicated when Hoppy punches out a policeman and Teal finds himself with a case that might finally put Templar behind bars. It is stated that five years have passed since Templar's first dealings with Inspector Teal, which coincides with the first stories featuring Teal that appeared in 1929.
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The Art of Alibi: The Saint has to clear his name after his signature calling card (a drawing of a stick figure with a halo) is left at the scene of a murder and the theft of an aeroplane. At the heart of the case is a madman who really believes he is The Saint, and plans to liberate 10 tons worth of
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The Higher Finance: Templar impersonates a forger in order to stop the richest man in Europe from generating a cache of fake bond certificates, but soon finds himself in the midst of a bizarre case of impersonation and accidental death. This story reintroduces Orace, Templar's former butler, after an
36: 235:). The book contains secrets related to war profiteering by several prominent Englishmen; Templar plans to create a one-million-pound foundation to aid the victims of war by blackmailing the men featured in Marius' book. This story introduces 255:) and he has apparently been away from Britain for quite some time, during which he had a series of unchronicled adventures until his travels were cut short by his receipt of the black book. 1220: 239:, a small-time American hoodlum who becomes a long-serving ally of The Saint over the coming decades. This story takes place an unspecified time after the previous Saint books 461: 1210: 1135: 1225: 1049: 770: 340: 229:
The Simon Templar Foundation: The Saint finds himself in possession of a black book (a legacy from his one-time enemy, Rayt Marius—see
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Some later editions include a Foreword by Charteris apologising for the "dated" nature of the stories.
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The three novellas had previously been published in
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Index


Leslie Charteris
The Saint
Mystery fiction
Hodder and Stoughton
The Crime Club
The Brighter Buccaneer
Boodle
novellas
Leslie Charteris
Hodder and Stoughton
The Crime Club
The Saint in London
The Holy Terror
Robin Hood
Simon Templar
Claud Eustace Teal
Scotland Yard
Knight Templar
Hoppy Uniatz
Once More the Saint
The Brighter Buccaneer
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The Saint
Leslie Charteris
The Saint (Simon Templar)
Patricia Holm
Claud Eustace Teal

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