A full length Saint novel. Amos Klein's thrillers were such hot property that his publisher kept his whereabouts a secret. Someone desperately wanted to find him, for reasons more fantastic than even the author could have devised - perhaps to prove that truth is just as strange as fiction. But you don't knock The Saint on the head and expect him to forget it - nor do you improve your chances of success by mistaking Simon Templar for Amos Klein.
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When the Saint and Patricia Holm stumble upon a government test of a weapon of mass destruction, they realise they've seen something that must be kept away from the wrong hands. But the Saint's nemesis Rayt Marius is already nearby and there is only one way to stop Marius from using the weapon to start a war - by kidnapping the scientist who built it.
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The Saint is trotting across the globe from Cannes to Florida and all points in between in these seven shorts: The Better Mousetrap; The Ugly Impresario; The Prodigal Miser; The Fast Women; The Jolly Undertaker; The Russian Prisoner; The Hopeless Heiress. -
In which Simon Templar joins Scotland Yard's Special Branch to the surprise and consternation of Chief Inspector Teal, and confronts beautiful Jill Trelawny, leader of the London underworld.Templar discovers the reasons for Jill Trelawny's criminal activities; and then the hunt is on for two men who have played a large and sinister role in the lives of Jill and her father. -
A peaceful moonlight drive in the English countryside is interrupted when Simon Templar and Patricia Holm listen to a disturbing radio broadcast from France by a would-be dictator who plans to make France the latest in a growing number of European dictatorships under a ruling party called the Sons of France. This broadcast disturbs Patricia, and Templar makes a dire prediction that the future of Europe will be one of invasions and concentration camps. The two adventurers are interrupted in their worries when they spot a house on fire in the distance. Rushing to help, Templar enters the burning building but is unable to rescue a man trapped inside. Later, he and Patricia learn that one of the occupants of the house is a known war profiteer who is expected to make millions off both sides should a new European war erupt. Considering this book was first published in 1938, the storyline is an uncanny prediction of what was to come.
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The chivalrous Saint is busy over six short stories, involving everyone from haunted ladies to a Candy King in California: The Ever-Loving Spouse; The Fruitful Land; The Percentage Player; The Water Merchant; The Gentle Ladies; the Element of Doubt. -
In which Simon 'the Saint' Templar finds himself with everything from haunted ladies, tycoons, a Candy King in California, justice in Georgia and a Florida dragon whose scales were mathematical...In this volume: The Ever-loving Spouse; The Fruitful Land; The Percentage Player; The Water Merchant; The Gentle Ladies; The Element of Doubt. -
Three more classic tales in which the Saint finally pays his tax bill...only to discover that the taxman has a rather unhealthy hobby for some. Then a good deed leads the Saint to discover a plot to undermine the Italian economy, and his plans to retire are interrupted when a couple of homicidal diamond smugglers object to his interference in their plans. Not only that, the Saint bests some richly assorted villains, such as the Scorpion - who wanted to exchange Templar's tails for a concrete overcoat; Kuzela - an arch field for whom Templar made the punishment fit the crime; and Perrigo - who was undone when the Saint pinched his trousers...In this volume: The Inland Revenue; The Million Pound Day; The Melancholy Journey Of Mr. Teal. Previously published as The Holy Terror. -
Dirk Gently is back, and on the trail of half a cat and an actor whose sudden appearance is not as random as it seems - and the pizza addicted detective is aided in his search by Thor (Norse God of Thunder), Dave of DaveLand and a highly confused rhinocerous called Desmond. There are also the tales of Young Zaphod Plays It Safe and The Private Life Of Genghis Khan, written with Graham Chapman. There are also non-fiction pieces which range from an earnest 12 year old Douglas's letter to Eagle magazine; insights into a teenage mind full of admiration for the Beatles and loathing for short trousers; lectures that reflect Adam's exceptional understanding of our natural, technological and philosophical worlds; and articles on religion, the 'little dongly things' making a mess of computers, the letter Y and Douglas's love affair with two dogs in New Mexico.
