An Orange For The Killer – Four novelettes by J. Lane Linklater. From the California orange groves, to the melon fields around Mexicali, to the quiet neighborhoods off the main drags of Hollywood, there’s plenty of murder to go around.

An Orange For The Killer (1948) – The looting of the Jepson fruit groves was but the prelude to brutal murder—and Harry Masson needed all his vitamins when he confronted the guilty man!

Chapter I - Death Threat

Chapter II - Murder In The Grove

Chapter III - Man At The Depot”

Chapter IV - Closing Net

Chapter V - Crafty Killer

Death At Both Ends (1947) – Lefty is alone when he undertakes combing Hollywood for the stolen Langman gems, but he soon has two corpses for company!

Chapter I - Body On The Ground

Chapter II - A Cut Throat

Chapter III - On The Prowl

Chapter IV - The $500 Clue

Chapter V - Just Pals

Down to Danger (1946) – For the sake of Linda Hexton, business man Dick Graney sets a trap in the orange groves to snare a desperate assassin—and gets the biggest surprise of his life!

Chapter I - Two Broken Heads

Chapter II - Murder Suspect

Chapter III - Setting a Trap

Chapter IV - Killer at Bay

Mystery of the Mexicali Murders (1941) – Alan Rake, free-lance investigator, flew down to Mexicali on a mystery mission. But before Rake could line up his job, his client went out by the bullet route. And Rake’s only clue was a black bandanna—a bandanna that enshrouded the key to Rake’s own coffin.

Chapter I - Five-Grand Fadeaway

Chapter II - Satan’s Doorstep

Chapter III - Desert Hideout

Chapter IV - The Dust Clue

Chapter V - Lady Double-Cross