The Saint Detective Magazine

# Saint Detective Magazine, October 1954

This issue presents five detective and mystery stories edited by Leslie Charteris. The lead novella, "Portrait of Murder" by George Harmon Coxe, introduces Flash-Gun Casey, a photographer-detective, previously established in Knopf novels and radio. "The Burnt Cigarette" by Ben Ames Williams offers another perfect-crime variation. Ben Hecht's "Cafe Sinister" addresses post-Nazi revenge, set against that historical conflict. E. Phillips Oppenheim contributes "The Devil's Wind," a Monte Carlo murder story. Thomas Walsh provides "In Line of Duty," featuring an official policeman as protagonist. Additional stories include Leslie Charteris's "The Old Treasure Hunt," involving a territorial dispute over sunken Spanish treasure in the Virgin Islands between territorial waters; Helen Nielsen's "The Murder Everybody Saw"; "Force of Habit" by Alan Thomas; "Tokyo Payoff" by Walt Sheldon; "Fatal Oversight" by Ray Cummings; and "Park Killers" by Harry Widmer. The October 1954 issue represents a mix of established detective-fiction authors with varied narrative settings and protagonists.