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.