''Señor Saint'' is a collection of
short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...
by
Leslie Charteris that first appeared in ''The Saint Detective Magazine''. Although this collection was first published in 1958 by
The Crime Club
''The Crime Club'' was an imprint of the Doubleday publishing company, which later spawned a 1946-47 anthology radio series, and a 1937-1939 film series.
Literature
Many classic and popular works of detective and mystery fiction had their f ...
in the United States and by
Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom in 1959, the individual stories date from 1954 and 1955. The stories continue the adventures of
Simon Templar, alias "The Saint" and coincided with the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the character.
Stories
The book consists of 4 stories:
#"The Pearls of Peace"
#"The Revolution Racket"
#"The Romantic Matron"
#"The Golden Frog"
Television adaptations
All four stories in this collection formed the basis for episodes of the 1962-69 TV series, ''
The Saint''.
"The Pearls of Peace" aired during the first season, on November 8, 1962. "The Romantic Matron" aired during the second season (January 16, 1964), while the remaining two stories, "Revolution Racket" and "Golden Frog", aired during the third season on November 5, 1964, and February 11, 1965, respectively.
1958 short story collections
Simon Templar books
Short story collections by Leslie Charteris
The Crime Club books
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