The Devil’s Wind
Written by
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright 1935
First printed in The American Magazine Aug 1934. Also reprinted in The Saint Detective Magazine Oct 1954, The Saint Detective Magazine (Australian) Apr 1955 & The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Jun 1955. 5th story in the collection .
Besserley was clearly stunned when while seated at a cafe table in the morning he hears a gun shot and runs around the corner to discover the dead body of a young girl, a person he had seen at a party the night before and danced with. The epitome of gaiety and frivolity, he thought, until someone killed her.