Boodle (short story collection)

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Boodle
also The Saint Intervenes

The 1936 issue cover
Author	Leslie Charteris
Language	English
Series	The Saint
Genre	Mystery, Short Stories
Publisher	Hodder and Stoughton
Publication date	August 1934
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Preceded by	The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal
Followed by	The Saint Goes On

Boodle is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton in August 1934. This was the thirteenth book to feature the adventures of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint", and the second short story collection featuring the character. The title is taken from the British slang term "boodle" meaning bribery, stolen goods or loot (it is also a term frequently used by Templar). When first published in the United States by The Crime Club, the unfamiliar-sounding title was changed to The Saint Intervenes, and this title was later applied to future UK editions.

As with the earlier collection, The Brighter Buccaneer, Boodle consists of stories written by Charteris under contract with the UK magazine Empire News during 1933. One story, "The Man Who Liked Toys", was first published in The American Magazine as a non-Saint story featuring a lead character named Kestry; Charteris later revised the story to include the Saint. Three stories, "The Noble Sportsman", "The Art Photographer", and "The Mixture as Before" received their first publication in Boodle.^[1]