When 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. Published on the verge of war in 1938, The Saint Plays with Fire is a striking condemnation of ...
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When 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. Published on the verge of war in 1938, The Saint Plays with Fire is a striking condemnation of nationalism and the prejudices that both Charteris and the Saint despised.
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VG. Stated reprint edition bound in blue cloth with a black design on the front cover. A very good copy in a good dust jacket. Rubs to the book' s corners and spine tips. Some dusting to the covers. The pages are ta nned but are not brittle. The dust jacket has chips to its corners and along the head and base of its spine. Rubs to the folds. The front pa nel has a small chip and creasing to its upper edge. Dust soiling to t he rear panel.