{"title":"J.M. Mitchell","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeet J.M. Mitchell May 26th, 2026 at Bookdom Apothecary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/jm-mitchell-jack-chastain-series-tickets-1986356672278?aff=oddtdtcreator\u0026amp;keep_tld=true\" title=\"RSVP\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRSVP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ.M. Mitchell’s novels of mystery and political intrigue borrow from his experiences in Yosemite, Grand Canyon and Zion National Parks, and as Chief of the National Park Service’s Biology Division.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"migrations-of-butterflies","title":"Migrations of Butterflies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnce again, park ranger Jack Chastain is on a quest for answers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Mexico, a butterfly biologist is murdered. That same night, an archeologist was killed near the park. Nothing suggested the murders—miles apart—are connected. They are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J.M. Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53128093368617,"sku":"9780985227296","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/0755\/5881\/files\/219478980.jpg?v=1778181847"},{"product_id":"killing-godivas-horse","title":"Killing Godiva's Horse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA murder, … international and political intrigue, … a national monument under attack, … possibly the most timely novel of the year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRanger Jack Chastain returns in Killing Godiva’s Horse, set in national parks on opposite sides of the world. What’s at stake? Lives, heritage, and truth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChastain is pulled into battle by a man trying to start a western lands rebellion. To hide him until the storm passes, Jack is sent to Kenya to finish the research of a scientist killed by rhino poachers. While there, he hears something quite unexpected—and shocking. The campfire revelation pitches Jack into a dangerous investigation of a ruthless rhino horn buyer, and secrets from his own past battles lost. No sooner has he started than Jack’s life in New Mexico comes unraveled, forcing him to disobey orders and return home, and—inadvertently—onto a raft on an angry river, trapped between warring politicos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne man’s pain can be another man’s game. If the game is being played to hide secrets, the truth can be hard to find, hidden among lies, left by the horse someone rode in on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J.M. Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53128093860137,"sku":"9780985227272","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/0755\/5881\/files\/40141935.jpg?v=1778181996"},{"product_id":"the-height-of-secrecy","title":"The Height of Secrecy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf a park ranger saves someone from danger--the reasons not quite understood--are they entitled to secrets that can't be shared?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHigh on a treacherous canyon wall, a man from the pueblo clings to a ledge. Furiously working to rescue him, Park Ranger Jack Chastain is nearly killed. Now he wants an explanation, and the man refuses to talk.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJack learns the secret revolves around a death sixteen years before, and a lot more is now at stake. While looking for answers, ghosts from Jack's own past threaten his new life in New Mexico.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen protecting a place loved by many--a national park--competes with the appeal of the rich and powerful, short-term admiration can have lasting consequences. Jack Chastain is forced to choose. Play the suck-up game with the others or protect a Native American man with something to hide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA mystery in the tradition of national park thrillers and Southwest cultural who-done-its, the likes of Nevada Barr and Tony and Anne Hillerman. A great gift for lovers of national parks and action-packed mysteries. Buy now and enter the world Ranger Jack Chastain fights to protect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J.M. Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53128095662377,"sku":"9780985227258","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/0755\/5881\/files\/23151225.jpg?v=1778182063"},{"product_id":"public-trust","title":"Public Trust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho can you really trust? Nosy neighbors? Those damned outsiders? The government? ... a Park Ranger who wants nothing more than to hide from the shadowy affronts that follow him?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRanger Jack Chastain returns to the canyons of New Mexico after fighting wildfires, and steps into a political firestorm. But of whose making? He wants to run, but a beautiful woman makes him take a stand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWho is behind the threats to destroy a national park? And a newly created national monument, and nature itself? When mysterious provocations pit neighbor against neighbor, a battle between 'self interest' and 'do the right thing' ensues, trapping Chastain between people who face hard truths about who they can really trust, and a fire that can change everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic Trust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the original Jack Chastain National Park Mystery, where he finds the embrace and solitude of the desert southwest, and meets Kelly Culberson, a woman lamenting seeing her community torn apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA novel in the tradition of national park mysteries and ranger action adventures, the likes of Nevada Barr. Buy now and enter the world Ranger Jack Chastain seeks to protect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J.M. 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