The Saint Mystery Magazine, August 1962

This August 1962 issue of The Saint Mystery Magazine edited by Leslie Charteris contains five short stories and two reprinted features. The lead story, "The Ugly Impresario" by Charteris, follows Simon Templar at St. Tropez, where actress Maureen Herald seeks his company before meeting Sir Jasper Undine, a flamboyantly dressed entertainment mogul who controls European film and television companies. Herald, struggling after two box-office failures, desperately needs Undine's approval for a role. Also included: "Blood-Money" by E. Phillips Oppenheim, "Case of the Remarkable Worm" by August Derleth, "The Slane Mystery" by Edgar Wallace, "A Plague of Pigeons" by William O'Farrell, and "Nothing is Simple" by Hal Ellson. Additional features include an interview segment on John Masters discussing realistic characterization in adventure fiction.