Crop Circles

by Nora Hobbs

Orin Kappreal investigates crop circles and reports his findings to the office of national security for the President of the United States. He doesn’t think he believes in aliens, but he does believe in crop circles – and he is very aware that the legitimate ones are not manmade. On a new assignment to investigate some circles that have shown up in Kansas, he is saddled with a reporter for the Planetary Gazette, a monthly magazine based in Denver, Colorado. And he has no choice in the matter. It doesn’t really bother him, but he’d prefer to have total freedom of movement. Aubrey Castlewood has to go to Kansas to tag along with some botanist who investigates crop circles. She’s always been curious, but isn’t sure she believes. Be that as it may, she has her assignment and she’s a professional. When she arrives at the farm where the latest circles are located, everything seems to start out in a more or less normal fashion. The farmer is a nice man. The country is beautiful. And then a helicopter arrives, bearing the botanist she’s to tag along with. And from that moment on, the unexpected takes over, creating new and interesting patterns over the landscape of their lives.

127 pages, Paperback

First published February 22, 2012