J.M. MITCHELL Author of the Jack Chastain / National Park Mysteries
Discover the Truths Behind Nature's Most Intriguing Mysteries
Dive Into J.M. Mitchell's Captivating Novels That Blend Intrigue and Nature, Where Every Page Reveals a New Danger
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Jack Chastain Returns in Migrations of Butterflies and Lies
An archeologist disappears in New Mexico and Ranger Jack Chastain must find him, but the trail becomes clouded by lies and conspiracy theories intended to turn the world against him, and to keep him from—or lure him into—the search for gold hidden two hundred years before by a forgotten Spanish explorer.
Once again, ranger Jack Chastain is on a quest for answers, in Migrations of Butterflies and Lies
In 1765, Capitan Juan Rivera and a company of men left Santa Fe with orders to find a route into what is now Colorado, to look for gold and silver. He made two trips, found a little silver, and was largely forgotten by history. Over 250 years later, a leather-bound journal is discovered. It claims Rivera wasn't so much forgotten as he had chosen to disappear. He had plans--plans disrupted by a Comanche raid, but not before Rivera hid gold near present day Piedras Coloradas National Park. In Mexico, a butterfly biologist is murdered. That same night, an archeologist is killed near the park. Nothing suggests the murders--hundreds of miles apart--are connected. They are.
“Mitchell has a big story to tell and he tells it well.” - Ranger Magazine.
“In his latest Jack Chastain adventure, Mitchell captures the landscape and drama of the American Southwest while keeping the action galloping … a great read that doesn’t back away from the struggles of the modern West." – Mary Taylor Young, author of Bluebird Seasons.
"J.M. Mitchell has created a suspenseful tale that masterfully interweaves human greed and exploitation with the malicious harm being done to our natural world and to native cultural treasures." -Jerry Fabyanic, author of The Lion's Den
"Migrations keeps one guessing, wondering and turning pages. Mitchell’s expertise in multifaceted plot lines keeps the reader engaged and engrossed. It’s a spectacular ride through time, taking the reader to places both real and imagined." - Roundup Magazine
"The plot matches the drama of the Southwestern landscape. In Piedras Coloradas National Park, Mitchell creates a strong sense of place, rendering the locations in a sensory feast that has us experiencing the fragrances of pinyon and juniper, the sharp spines of yucca, the colors of sandstone and slickrock, scuttling lizards and majestic pronghorn, and the starlit sky on a dark desert night, by turns beautiful and dangerous." - Rocky Mountain Reader
4th in the series
Cover design: Ann Weinstock; Photo: Geraint Smith.
