In the act of climbing a tree, a young boy is witness to a disturbing criminal act involving a teenage girl. The boy in the tree comes to the girl’s aid and unknowingly becomes infatuated with, falls in love with and eventually marries the girl who captured his heart. War, relocation and professional advancement bring the girl and her savior in contact with the perpetrator of the long-past crime. In what takes place between these seemingly predestined people, “The Tree Climber” offers and array of action, adventure and drama to the reader.