The Pepper Tree - Dave Freedland

A Southern California landmark primarily known to law enforcement has earned a reputation for crime scenes of the most unspeakable homicides. Infamous serial killers have chosen this location to discard and display their victims as trophies of their horrific deeds. Lieutenant Scott Hunter must lead a team of detectives to identify and capture a new perpetrator who’s targeting young women.

This story is a work of fiction, but the location is real. So notorious that officers working the graveyard shift need only radio a location bearing two words, and they are immediately dispatched a back-up officer to the “Pepper Tree.”