Paty Jager

Fish and Wildlife State Trooper Hawke has tracked killers through the wild—but this time the clock is his deadliest enemy. When Hawke’s partner, Dani, calls with a desperate plea to find her newly married cousin and young daughter who have vanished without a trace, he can’t say no.

When the past knocks on their door, the future they planned begins to unravel. On the brink of their wedding, Dela Alvaro and Heath Seaver’s plans shatter when a ten-year-old boy appears, claiming to be Heath’s son.

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...

This double cold case and current homicide have Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Trooper Gabriel Hawke calling in favors… and exploring a childhood he shoved into the deep recesses of his mind. While patrolling on the Snake River in Hells Canyon, Gabriel Hawke’s dog digs up a human bone...

Book 5 in the Spotted Pony Casino Mystery series Dela Alvaro, head of security for the Spotted Pony Casino, is asked to do a security check of a casino on the Oregon Coast. She no sooner starts her rounds at the casino and a child of a dubious couple is kidnapped. Special Agent Quinn Pierce of...

Books 7-9 in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery Series. Yuletide Slaying When potter Shandra Higheagle’s dog brings her a dead body in a sleigh full of presents, her world is turned upside down. Shandra’s dreams and Ryan’s fellow officers may not be enough to keep them alive to share Christmas...

Books 4-6 in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery series. Murderous Secrets The accident that took her father’s life has always haunted Shandra Higheagle. Killer Descent When Shandra Higheagle’s ex-lover is found murdered, she follows a road of blackmail and betrayal of the ugliest kind...

First three books in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery series. Double Duplicity Dreams. Visions. Murder Potter Shandra Higheagle finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation. Her recently deceased Nez Perce grandmother comes to her in dreams, showing her clues but also confusing her as she...

Shandra Higheagle Mystery Series Vengeance…envy…murder. Shandra Higheagle’s deceased grandmother enters Shandra’s dream, showing her two lost children. Her grandmother never comes to her dreams unless there is a murder to solve. But whose? The children? Or someone related to them? Ryan...

Book four in the Spotted Pony Casino Mysteries. Lies, deceit, blackmail. Murder ends it all. Or does it? When an employee at the Spotted Pony Casino is caught leaving early, Dela Alvaro, head of security, confronts the woman. The lies the woman tells only piques Dela’s curiosity. After...

Hawaiian adventure, deceit, and murder. Shandra Higheagle is asked to juror an art exhibition on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. After an altercation at the exhibition, the chairwoman of the event, Shandra’s friend, arrives home with torn clothes, scratches, and stating she tried to save an angry...

Greed, misdirection, and murder have Hawke rushing to track his sister in the Montana wilderness before she becomes the next victim. Bear Stalker is book 10 in the highly acclaimed Gabriel Hawke Game Warden mystery series. Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke’s sister, Marion, is on a corporate...

Dela Alvaro is the main suspect in the stabbing death of a man she stopped from beating his wife to death. The detective she abhors is ready to toss her in jail and not look for any other suspects....

Shandra Higheagle Greer is minding her own business when she walks into a room for a massage and it is already occupied—by a dead body. Always the champion for someone she knows, when her favorite masseuse looks like the murderer, Shandra listens to her gut....

Book 9 in the Gabriel Hawke Novels Unexpected snowstorm.... Unfortunate accident.... And a body.... What started out as a favor and a leisurely trip into the mountains, soon turns State Trooper Gabriel Hawke’s life upside down. The snowstorm they were trying to beat comes early, a horse...

Book eight in the Gabriel Hawke novels An abandoned vehicle. A missing man. Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke discovers an abandoned vehicle at a trailhead while checking hunters. The owner of the vehicle never arrived at his destination. As Hawke follows the leads, he learns that the man was...

Dela Alvaro is a disabled veteran who grew up on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation. When an IED in Iraq ended her military career, she came home to reassess her life and landed a job in security at the Indian run casino on the reservation. Not even a year into being the...

Stolen Butterfly Gabriel Hawke, Novel Number Seven 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...

Book eleven in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery Series Jealousy.... Drugs.... Murder.... At the reservation to make final arrangements for her upcoming wedding, potter Shandra Higheagle gets caught up in the murder of a young woman about to turn her life around. Having no jurisdiction on the...

Book Three of the Shandra Higheagle Native American Mystery Series Passion.... Secrets.... Murder.... The dead body of an illicit neighbor and an old necklace sends potter Shandra Higheagle on a chase to find a murderer. Visions from her dead grandmother reveal Shandra is on the right path, but...