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Gabriel Hawke
Series · 6 books · 2019-2021

Books in series

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#1

Murder of Ravens

2019

The ancient Indian art of tracking is his greatest strength... And also his biggest weakness. Fish and Wildlife State Trooper Gabriel Hawke believes he’s chasing poachers. However, he comes upon a wildlife biologist standing over a body that is wearing a wolf tracking collar. He uses master tracker skills taught to him by his Nez Perce grandfather to follow clues on the mountain. Paper trails and the whisper of rumors in the rural community where he works, draws Hawke to a conclusion that he finds bitter. Arresting his brother-in-law ended his marriage, could solving this murder ruin a friendship?
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#2

Mouse Trail Ends

2019

Dead bodies in the wilderness. A child gone missing. Book 2 in the Gabriel Hawke series. Fish and Wildlife State Trooper Gabriel Hawke's job is to find a missing family in the Eagle Cap Wilderness. After finding the parents murdered, can he find a little girl on the run? Hawke is an expert tracker, but he isn’t the only one looking for the child. Even leaving the mountain, the girl isn’t safe. The murderers are looking for something. Something they believe the child possesses.
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#3

Rattlesnake Brother

2019

Corrupt officials. Illegal hunters. Death to those who dare complain. Book 3 in the Gabriel Hawke Series Fish and Wildlife State Trooper Gabriel Hawke encounters a hunter with an illegal tag. The name on the tag belongs to the Wallowa County District Attorney and the man holding the tag isn't the public defender. As Hawke digs to find out if the DA is corrupt, the hunter's body is found. Zeroing in on the DA, Hawke finds he has more suspects than the DA and more deaths than the hunter.
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#4

Chattering Blue Jay

2019

Killer on the loose. Tracking Rivalry. Revenge could get them killed. Fish and Wildlife Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke is set to teach a class at a Search and Rescue conference in Idaho when a dangerous inmate breaks out of prison. It is believed the man is headed to Hells Canyon. Hawke is enlisted to find the escapee. He’s paired with a boastful tracker who doesn’t follow directions, making them both targets. Before the dust settles, the other tracker is dead and Hawke is twisting in the wind for letting the possible killer get away.
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#6

Turkey's Fiery Demise

2020

Accident or Homicide? State Trooper Gabriel Hawke is called to a vehicle on fire. When the steam and smoke clears, a charred body is slumped over the steering wheel. The Muzzleloader Rendezvous has attendees from all over the Pacific Northwest, but it’s the local club that raises Hawke’s suspicions. With the president of the club dead, rumors abound. If the gossip and tracking won’t reveal the truth to who killed the strutting turkey, Hawke’s focus on the truth will.
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#7

Stolen Butterfly

2021

The proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Enough Iz Enough to help with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) cause. Stolen Butterfly Gabriel Hawke Novel #7 Missing or Murdered When the local authorities tell State Trooper Gabriel Hawke’s mother to wait 72 hours before reporting a missing Umatilla woman, she calls her son and rallies members of the community to search. Hawke arrives at the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation and learns the single mother of a boy his mom watches would never leave her son. Angered over how the local officials respond to his investigating, Hawke teams up with a security guard at the Indian casino and an FBI agent. Following the leads, they discover the woman was targeted by a human trafficking ring at the Spotted Pony Casino. Hawke, Dela Alvaro, and FBI Special Agent Quinn Pierce join forces to bring the woman home and close down the trafficking operation before someone else goes missing.

Author

Paty Jager
Paty Jager
Author · 31 books

Paty Jager is an award-winning author of 50+ novels, novellas, and short stories of murder mystery, western romance, and action adventure. All her work has Western or Native American elements in them along with hints of humor and engaging characters. Paty and her husband raise alfalfa hay in rural eastern Oregon. Riding horses and battling rattlesnakes, she not only writes the western lifestyle, she lives it.

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