Thieves' Picnic (The Saint Bids Diamonds)

By Leslie Charteris

Book Overview

In Tenerife, the Saint discovers three thugs beating up an old man and a young, attractive woman, so he and Hoppy Uniatz have to intervene. But when the old man reveals himself to be a diamond cutter... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006EK1G8
• Release Date: January 1942
• Publisher: Triangle Books
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Saint Saga #18

Charteris's own stay in the Canary Isles and his command of Spanish allow him to portray this romp around pre-war Tenerife with a wealth of entertaining detail and local colour. Following, from Madrid via Cádiz, the lead of some stolen jewels, the Saint and Hoppy Uniatz find themselves unexpectedly involved in addition with the theft of the prize-winning ticket for the Spanish National Lottery. Another one of my favourite Saint novels. Variously published as "Thieves' Picnic", "The Saint at the Thieves' Picnic" and "The Saint Bids Diamonds". P.S. For a list of -- and discussion of -- all Charteris's Saint books, see my So You'd Like To... Guide.