Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime #3

Mike Barnett investigates the hit-and-run death of a young newspaper boy named Charlie Opson, discovering a small speck of green paint on the bicycle that provides the crucial clue to identifying the vehicle involved. The main story features a revenge plot by a man named Mallory, who deliberately set a fire in a garage to frame someone and exact revenge, with the evidence pointing to the fire being professionally executed. A secondary story, "A Bit of Green Paint" by John C. Adler, follows Detective Sergeant Adams and his biochemist partner Mitch Ballou as they use scientific analysis—specifically examining green paint residue—to solve the hit-and-run case and catch the driver responsible for Opson's death.