Getaway is a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris first published in the United Kingdom in September 1932 by Hodder and Stoughton. This was the fifth full-length novel featuring the adventures of the modern day Robin Hood-inspired crimebuster Simon Templar, and the ninth Saint book published overall since 1928. When first published in the United States by The Crime Club in February 1933, the title was modified to The Saint's Getaway which was later adopted by future UK editions. Prior to being published in book form, Getaway had appeared in serialized form in The Thriller magazine, with Part 1 published as "Property of the Deceased" on 6 February 1932 and Part 2, "Two Men from Munich", not published until 18 June 1932.Charteris, in his introduction to a mid-1960s reprint of the book for Fiction Publishing Company, describes Getaway as the third part of a trilogy of novels that began with The Last Hero and Knight Templar. Source: Wikipedia (en)