Masao Masuto is a Nisei detective on the Beverly Hills police force—a cultured stranger in the land that all of us know to be a land of prosperity, fast foods and brutal murders! This is a crime novel like no other. Here, for the first time are two adventures that launched the popular crime-fiction series created by Howard Fast.

In Samantha, a Hollywood film producer is murdered, the first in a series of violent deaths committed by a killer known as "Samantha". Masuto must stop her before she claims more victims.

In The Case of the One-Penny Orange, a noted stamp dealer and his assistant are murdered, and the only clue they have is an 1847 postage stamp from the lovely island of Mauritius—one of the rarest, most famous stamps in the world.

Do read the book and enjoy the suspense whilst you live through each page of the thriller!