Migrations of Butterflies and Lies - Paperback

A beautiful day for Park Ranger Jack Chastain. Can anything--a missing archeologist, a connection to a murdered butterfly biologist in Mexico, conspiracy theories, even treasure hunters ravaging the national park--ruin his day? Another day in ... paradise? An archeologist disappears in New Mexico and Park Ranger Jack Chastain must find him in this mystery page-turner. But the trail is clouded by lies and conspiracy theories. Someone is turning the world against him. Making matters worse, a leather-bound journal is discovered, upending the history of a forgotten Spanish explorer. Rumors of gold buried in present day Piedras Coloradas National Park have the public tearing it apart.A mysterious Native American boy appears alone in the wilderness. A man comes after Chastain for reasons that make no sense. The beautiful Senator Kelly Culberson shares Jack's bewilderment.The search for answers takes him on a dangerous international quest, encountering chilling lies and an unexpected connection--the murder of a butterfly biologist in Mexico. Nothing suggests the murder and the archeologist's disappearance--hundreds of miles apart--are connected. They are. But why?An action and adventure mystery sitting at the crossroads of international and wild-country thrillers, the likes of Dan Brown, Steve Berry, and C.J. Box. A great gift for lovers of national parks and action-packed mysteries. Buy now and enter the world Ranger Jack Chastain fights to protect.__________"Mitchell has a big story to tell and he tells it well." -Ranger Magazine"Migrations of Butterflies and Lies takes readers on an international adventure. Sometimes reading like a police thriller, other times similar to a treatise on ancient cultures, Migrations keeps one guessing, wondering and turning pages. Mitchell's expertise in multifaceted plot lines gives us a spectacular ride." -Roundup Magazine "Mitchell captures the landscape and drama of the American Southwest while keeping the action galloping. A great read." -Mary Taylor Young, author of Bluebird Seasons
--J.M. Mitchell