The Saint on Guard

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The Saint on Guard
also The Saint and the Sizzling Saboteur
1958 Hodder and Stoughton edition
Author Leslie Charteris
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series The Saint
Genre(s) Mystery, Novellas
Publisher The Crime Club
Released 1944
Media Type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded by The Saint Steps In
Followed by The Saint Sees it Through

The Saint on Guard is a collection of two mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United States in 1944 by The Crime Club, and in the United Kingdom in 1945 by Hodder and Stoughton. This book continues the adventures of Charteris' creation, Simon Templar, alias The Saint. As explained below, an abridged version of this collection was published as The Saint and the Sizzling Saboteur; this was the last time to date that a Saint book was republished under a different title.

[edit] Stories

The book consisted of the following stories:

  1. The Black Market
  2. The Sizzling Saboteur

These two novellas were longer than the usual length. As a result, some editions published the novellas separately, "The Black Market" often under the title The Saint on Guard (as by Avon Books) and "The Sizzling Saboteur" under the title The Saint and the Sizzling Saboteur.


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)