Asclepias

Illegal immigrants are turning up dead in the remote mountains of southern Arizona. Cochise County Sheriff Detective Jake Caldwell soon discovers that United States Geological Survey biologist Tony Spencer is the only person with the knowledge to solve the murders, but will Spencer live long enough to share the secret?

Christopher Kline lived in Arizona for 25 years where he worked as a school teacher, butterfly researcher, and yes, a U.S. Geological Survey field biologist. Much of his intimate knowledge of the region comes from hiking its many trails, including a sixty-mile, five-day backpacking trip of the General Crook Trail with his daughter. Kline’s interest in writing started in elementary school, with creative writing and science being his favorite subjects. After studying forestry at Northern Arizona University, many of Kline’s work assignments placed him in the outdoors. Over the years he journaled about many of his adventures. While Kline still enjoys being in the outdoors, his interests have broadened. He now includes, in addition to his botanical interests, butterflies and dragonflies as his objects of attention, including several county record observations in southeast Ohio. Asclepias is the second book in a series of Tony Spencer mysteries. While the characters are strictly fictitious, the author draws from many of his personal experiences hiking and camping in the rugged Chiricahua Mountains to build this suspenseful tale. Kline is also the author of Hostile Lookout, the first book in the Tony Spencer Mystery Series.