{"product_id":"the-saint-plays-with-fire-9781477842782","title":"The Saint Plays with Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eSimon Templar is the Saint--daring, dazzling, and just a little disreputable. On the side of the law, but standing outside it, he dispenses his own brand of justice one criminal at a time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Saint and Patricia spot a country house on fire they rush to help, but are too late to rescue one man trapped inside. The dead man's door was locked, and Simon concludes there's a murder to be answered for, despite the coroner ruling otherwise. He launches his own investigation--getting engaged along the way--and soon gets caught up with generals, financiers, and an assassination plot designed to start a war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published on the verge of war in 1938, \u003ci\u003eThe Saint Plays with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a striking condemnation of nationalism and the prejudices that both Charteris and the Saint despised. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeslie Charteris was born in Singapore and moved to England in 1919. He left Cambridge University early when his first novel was accepted for publication. He wrote novels about the Saint throughout his life, becoming one of the 20th century's most prolific and popular authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas \u0026amp; Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477842782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leslie Charteris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39955645268149,"sku":"9781477842782","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_754efe8c-ad02-4d77-b41c-2dcfe13e39c8.jpg?v=1620216773","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-saint-plays-with-fire-9781477842782","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}