The Saint Meets His Match

by Leslie Charteris

Book Overview

For many years the Saint was at war equally with criminals and the law. That led to trouble, and one day the Saint finally made his peace with the law and joined Scotland Yard. The next day he met the rather lovely leader of a gang and joined her in a venture so daring that before it was accomplished, the Saint found himself facing the wrong end of a gun belonging to a commissioner at Scotland Yard.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477842667
• ISBN13: 9781477842669
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Saint Saga #07

"She Was a Lady" (aka "The Saint Meets His Match" aka "The Angels of Doom") is one of the few Saint books from this period not to feature Patricia Holm. The reason, apparently, is that it was originally not a Saint story, but was adapted from one written before the author settled on the Saint as his protagonist of choice. Nevertheless, the adaptation of this full-length story (concerning a battle of wits with a girl out to revenge the framing and consequent suicide of her father) is a thorough one. The Saint's constant adversary Claud Eustace Teal is fully integrated into the story, which is told with the author's usual acerbic wit; and Slinky Dyson and Snake Ganning (both from Enter the Saint) make cameo appearances. And at the end we find out that the Saint and James Bond have more in common than we suspected. P.S. For a list of -- and discussion of -- all Charteris's Saint books, see my So You'd Like To... Guide