Count on the Saint

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Count on the Saint

US hardcover edition
Author	Graham Weaver and Donne Avenell, based upon characters by Leslie Charteris
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	The Saint
Genre(s)	Mystery, Novellas
Publisher	The Crime Club
Released	1980
Media Type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN	ISBN 0-340-25384-3
Preceded by	The Saint and the Templar Treasure
Followed by	Salvage for the Saint

Count on the Saint is a collection of two mystery novellas by Graham Weaver and Donne Avenell, continuing the adventures of the sleuth Simon Templar aka "The Saint", created by Leslie Charteris. Charteris served in an editorial capacity and received front-page author credit.

This book was first published in the United States in 1980 by The Crime Club, followed by a British edition by Hodder and Stoughton the same year.

This is the final collection of Saint novellas to be published to date; the final few volumes were full novels.

[edit] Stories

The book consisted of the following stories:

1. The Pastor's Problem
2. The Unsaintly Santa

The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris
Characters: Simon Templar | Patricia Holm | Claud Eustace Teal | Hoppy Uniatz | Roger Conway
Books by Leslie Charteris Meet - The Tiger! (1928) | Enter the Saint (1930) | The Last Hero (1930) | Knight Templar (1930) | Featuring the Saint (UK only-1931) | Alias the Saint (UK only-1931) | Wanted for Murder (US only-1931) | She Was a Lady (1931) | The Holy Terror (1932) | Getaway (1932) | Once More the Saint (1933) | The Brighter Buccaneer (1933) | The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal (1934) | Boodle (1934) | The Saint Goes On (1934) | The Saint in New York (1935) | Saint Overboard (1936) | The Ace of Knaves (1937) | Thieves' Picnic (1937) | Prelude for War (1938) | Follow the Saint (1939) | The Happy Highwayman (1939) | The Saint in Miami (1940) | The Saint Goes West (1942) | The Saint Steps In (1942) | The Saint on Guard (1944) | The Saint Sees it Through (1946) | Call for the Saint (1948) | Saint Errant (1948) | The Saint in Europe (1953) | The Saint on the Spanish Main (1955) | The Saint Around the World (1956) | Thanks to the Saint (1957) | Señor Saint (1958) | The Saint to the Rescue (1959) | Trust the Saint (1962) | The Saint in the Sun (1963)
Collaborations (credited to Charteris) Vendetta for the Saint (1964) | The Saint on TV (1968) | The Saint Returns (1968) | The Saint and the Fiction Makers (1968) | The Saint Abroad (1969) | The Saint in Pursuit (1970) | The Saint and the People Importers (1971) | Catch the Saint (1975) | The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace (1976) | Send for the Saint (1977) | The Saint in Trouble (1978) | The Saint and the Templar Treasure (1979) | Count on the Saint (1980) | Salvage for the Saint (1983)
Books by Burl Barer The Saint (film novelization) (1997) | Capture the Saint (1997)
Unpublished works Bet on the Saint (1968) | The Saint's Lady (1979)
Theatrical films The Saint in New York (1938) | The Saint Strikes Back (1939) | The Saint in London (1939) | The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) | The Saint Takes Over (1940) | The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) | The Saint's Vacation (1941) | The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) | The Saint's Girl Friday (1953) | Le Saint mène la danse (1960) | Le Saint prend l'affut (1966) | The Saint (1997)
Made-for-TV films The Fiction Makers (1968) | Vendetta for the Saint (1969) | The Saint and the Brave Goose (1983) | The Saint in Manhattan (1987)
Television series The Saint (1962-1969) | Return of the Saint (1978-1979) | Mystery Wheel of Adventure (1989)
Related articles Daredevil (1929) (Teal's first appearance) | S.W.O.R.D. (fictional organization)