Meet the Tiger

In the quiet Devon village of Baycombe, Simon Templar—the stylish, self-styled Saint—has taken up residence in a former wartime pill box above the sea, determined to live by discipline, exercise, and fresh air. But the calm is deceptive: a sniper's bullet soon shatters the morning, and Templar instantly recognizes that the village's sleepy surface hides a dangerous conspiracy. With his blunt retainer Orace at his side, he begins to probe the local society, from wealthy landowners and retired officials to the formidable Miss Agatha Girton, while his attention is drawn to Patricia Holm, the manor's sharp-witted ward. Templar's arrival at Baycombe is marked by wit, calculated insolence, and a deliberately mysterious air. He charms and unsettles the household in equal measure, hinting at murder, vendetta, and a million-dollar mission tied to the elusive Tiger and a dying man in the Malay States. At lunches and social gatherings, he dazzles the villagers with tales of adventure and criminal escapades, all while quietly studying the eerie Old House, where boarded windows, disturbed doors, and hidden mechanisms reveal a deadly trap. As the Saint pushes deeper into the house's secrets, he finds that danger is closing in from every side. Detective Inspector Carn of Scotland Yard soon enters the wider hunt, bringing sharp professional skill to the pursuit of the Tiger. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.