''The Saint Abroad'' is a collection of two mystery

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s by

Fleming Lee Fleming Lee (December 19, 1933 – December 24, 2012), born Fleming Lee Blitch, was an American author, best known for his collaborations with Leslie Charteris on his series of "Saint" novels. Fleming was born in St. Augustine, Florida to Looni ...

that continues the adventures of the sleuth

Simon Templar ''The Saint'' is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, featured in a series of novels and short stories by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. After that date, other authors collaborated with Charteris on books unt ...

(a.k.a. "The Saint") created by

Leslie Charteris Leslie Charteris (born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, 12 May 1907 – 15 April 1993), was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter.The Crime Club ''The Crime Club'' was an imprint of the Doubleday publishing company, which later spawned a 1946-47 anthology radio series, and a 1937-1939 film series. Literature Many classic and popular works of detective and mystery fiction had their fir ...

and in the United Kingdom in 1970 by

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. Although credited to Leslie Charteris on the front cover, Fleming Lee was credited with writing the novellas. The novellas were based on two episodes from the 1962-69 television series ''

The Saint The Saint may refer to: Fiction * Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the protagonist of a book series by Leslie Charteris and subsequent adaptations: ** ''The Saint'' (film series) (1938–43), starring Louis Hayward, George Sanders an ...

,'' originally written by

Michael Pertwee Michael Henry Pertwee (24 April 1916, Kensington, London – 17 April 1991, Camden, London) was an English playwright and screenwriter. Among his credits were episodes of '' The Saint'', ''Danger Man'', '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', '' B-A ...

. Charteris served in an editorial capacity for the episodes.

Stories

The book consisted of the following stories: #"The Art Collectors" #"The Persistent Patriots" 1969 novels Simon Templar books American novellas The Crime Club books {{1960s-mystery-novel-stub