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Karen Amrhein

Actually, Jill Trelawney Meets Her Match

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2014

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"The Saint Meets His Match" (AKA "Angels of Doom") is a solid early Saint novel. It's no match for "The Saint in New York", but it is engaging and witty. The book has some surprising twists, including which side of the law The Saint is working for, and a few harrowingly exciting scenes, including one in a cave where the water is rising and Simon and Jill are enchained. The Saint finds his way in and out of trouble in the usual extraordinary ways. (If he's always extraordinary, is that still extraordinary? I guess so, in comparison to everyone else, yes!)
If you like Saint books, this is a fine addition to your library. If you're just curious, or dipping your toes in the pool for the first time, try "The Saint in New York".

william newmoon

The Saint Meets His Match by Leslie Charteris

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2018

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The Saint Meets His Match. Yes, he sure does. She is beautiful and wonderful in her perplexity. This book is a riot of their antics together. But they are two individuals together and separate. They live in a world of gangsters, disguises, plots and more plots, the ever present vigilance of the law, and the eventual triumph of the Saint's methods of justice. And she, the Saint's match, has her methods of justice too.

Carol Kiekow

Another great Saintly story!

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2014

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This was another great story about another of the exploits of The Saint. However, it was fairly easy to figure out whodunit.

Travis

Fairly bland

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2018

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The best part of this book is the introduction, penned by one of my favorite authors, John Peel. Most of the rest was a chore to get through. To call Jill Trelawney a "match" for the Saint in any sense is laughable. She spends most of the book hiding out in a safehouse while the Saint does the dirty work. The Saint's wisecracks are a highlight, but the rest is pretty dull, with bland characters, insufficient action, and lack of suspense. "Enter the Saint" was a bit better than this at least.

Frederick Norwood

Not as good as I remembered.

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2013

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I read this in my misspent youth, and rather enjoyed it then. Today, it creaks more than authritic joints. Leslie Charteris has a certain flair, but does not hold up well with time, as the occasional pleasantries of his "Toodle-do, old turnstyle, as the bishop said to the show girl." Saintly patter are not enough to obscure the weakness of his plots.

The Saint and a new companion

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2016

This is the 4th full length novel in the Saint series, and first appeared as a magazine story in 1930.

Simon's group of fellow saints have long since gone their separate ways, Patricia is missing from this one and perhaps is no longer a part of Simon's life. As a result of a previous adventure Simon is no longer wanted by the law and so he now finds himself at a crossroads of sorts. Should he join forces with Teal and work on the side of law and order or revert to his previous ways and continue to do battle with both bad guys and the police? While pondering this question Simon crosses paths with Jill Trelawney, a fellow adventurer who was pursuing her own crusade against the ungodly and, like Simon, was not particularly concerned about using strictly legal means. The pair team up after they discover that they have similar goals and work quite well together leading the reader and Teal, to wonder whether the partnership will become permanent.

This is a typical Saint adventure of the post 'gang of Saints' early stories. Simon is now working alone and beginning is familiar love/hate relationship with the law in general and Claude Eustace Teal in particular. This novel stands out due to the inclusion of Jill Trelawney. Even though the story is over 80 years old it holds up well as an adventure, and will keep the reader happily turning pages to find out what happens next.

The Kindle version of this novel is well done with no obvious formatting errors.

Margaret Hasemann

Not a true match, but definitely more his style.

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2017

She was too easily distracted to be a true match for our Simon Templer but she was a little quicker on the uptake then most. Not quite in the same class as either Simon or his lady, Patricia. Still Jill was a vast improvement over most females he encountered. Having more developed instinct for survival, and a cautious recklessness just slightly less unnerving the Saint's own, it was only natural she would attract his attention. The fun and games following their first encounter were only to be expected given their personal sense of justice.

Paul Magnussen

Saint Saga #07

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2013

"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

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Graham Mummery

Meeting His Match

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2017

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I am one of those who tends to think the best (or at least most of the best) of Leslie Charteris' writings about the Saint come from around the nineteen thirties. The novel here comes from that time.

At the time the Saint also had a regular girlfriend, Patricia Holm, who later disappeared from the series and never even appeared in the films and television adaptations. She does not appear in this novel, which is unusual for the books at the time. Reasons for this have been offered including that this novel (which also has had the titles "Angels of Doom" and "She Was A Lady") was a redraft of an earlier manuscript by Charteris, and that she would have clashed with the main female character in the novel, Jill Trelawney.

This is certainly possible. But regardless of this, Jill is a strongly drawn female character as is typical of many of Charteris heroines. Perhaps not with the wit that Patricia Holm often shows that matches that of the Saint, but with plenty of the same guts and determination. They are different characters.

We meet Jill in the first chapter of the novel where she and the Saint meet for the first time. She is working with a group of criminals called the Angels of Doom who are also working with a few of Simon Templar's previous adversaries met in earlier books. Simon Templar finds he likes her, which is in conflict with his current job which is unusually working with Scotland Yard and even with Chief Inspector Teal. Of course this gives us a hint of some of the events to come. Simon is soon off doing his own thing, and uncovering, things behind the scene which are more complicated. Jill has her own agendas as well which over lap with the Saints which include justice. We are taken on a romp through various twists until the climax when the things unravel and are definitely not what they seem at the start.

To discover more, readers will have to read the novel. They are told in Charteris' pacy and breezy style with some caustic wit as well, which includes this gem about Scotland Yard: "that gloomy organisation of salaried individuals which exist for the purposes of causing traffic james, suppressing riotous living and friendly wassail, and discouraging the noble sport of socking the ungodly on the boko..."

Readers of the Saint cannon need not hesitate. This is Charteris in great form. Not my absolute favorite, but still very. very good and as always huge fun.

La rue Verte

The Saint Goes On !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2014

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I just want to make a general appreciation of the fact that these wonderful books are back in print - with excellent introductions by crime writers and other enthusiasts. These books which are not sufficiently well known these days are up there with P G Wodehouse, better than James Bond and much better than almost anything else in their genre.

I know of many people who will tell you that their lives, attitudes and resilience have benefitted from an early acquaintance with Simon Templar. Well, now he's back for a new generation. The Saint Goes On !

FLEETWOOD

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2015

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I love reading these books,all even more exciting than the TVs episode.This one is no exception

Narla

Raq

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2014

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Takes me back to my teens in the 50's. I've read them all before as proper books. Shear escapism but I love them. Battle,murder and sudden death!