Masao Masuto, a Nisei detective on the Beverly Hills police force, breeds roses, practices Zen and solves crimes superbly. He tackles the toughest cases with artful patrience and technical finesse. The Case of the One-Penny Orange presents Masuto with random pieces of an intricate puzzle. Masuto is called in to examine the ransacked home of a famous actress. Nothing appears to be missing. But later that day when a renowned stamp dealer is murdered and his assistant is found beaten to death, Masuto quietly proceeds to pursue a reddish-orange postage stamp - an 1847 cover - from the island of Mauritius worth half a million dollars. In a style all his own, Masuto pieces together a puzzle no one else can fathom. -Book jacket.