The Saint in the Sun

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The Saint in the Sun

1966 paperback edition tying in the with 1960s TV series starring Roger Moore
Author	Leslie Charteris
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	The Saint
Genre(s)	Mystery, Short Stories
Publisher	The Crime Club
Released	1963
Media Type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN	NA
Preceded by	Trust the Saint
Followed by	Vendetta for the Saint

The Saint in the Sun is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, featuring the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter, Simon Templar, whom Charteris introduced in 1928. The book was first published in 1963 by The Crime Club in the United States and by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom in 1964. This was the 36th book of Simon Templar adventures of Simon Templar, and was the first published after the start of the TV series The Saint starring Roger Moore as Templar.

This was the final Simon Templar book to be solely written by Charteris. Following this release, Charteris began to step back from writing the series and future volumes would be written by different authors but credited to Charteris (who continued on in an editorial capacity).

This volume marks a one-time return to the travelogue theme that had dominated the Saint books of the early-mid 1950s particularly The Saint in Europe, The Saint on the Spanish Main, and The Saint Around the World as each story takes place in a different exotic locale. This was the last Saint book to feature short stories; hereafter the books would be either longer novellas or full novels.

The book is dedicated to film director John Paddy Carstairs who not only directed entries in the RKO Pictures Saint film series, but also episodes of the Roger Moore series.

[edit] Stories

The book consisted of 7 stories:

1. Cannes: The Better Mousetrap
2. St. Tropez: The Ugly Impresario
3. England: The Prodigal Miser
4. Nassau: The Fast Women
5. Florida: The Jolly Undertaker
6. Lucerne: The Russian Prisoner
7. Provence: The Hopeless Heiress

[edit] Television adaptations

Three stories from this collection were later adapted as episodes of the 1962-69 TV series, The Saint.

All three stories appeared during the fifth season, with "The Russian Prisoner" airing on Oct 14, 1966, followed by "The Better Mousetrap" on November 25 and "The Fast Women" on January 13, 1967. "The Fast Women" was the last original Leslie Charteris story to be adapted for the series.

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)