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Bear Stalker - Book Tour and Giveaway

2/6/2023

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Bear Stalker
Gabriel Hawke Novels Book 10
by Paty Jager
Genre: Police Procedural, Game Warden Mystery Thriller 
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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 retreat in Montana when she becomes a murder suspect. Running for her life from the real killer, she contacts Hawke for help.

Hawke heads to Montana to find his sister and prove she isn’t a murderer. He hasn’t seen Marion in over twenty years but he knows she wouldn’t kill the man she was about to marry.

As they dig into possible embezzlement, two more murders, and find themselves trying to outsmart a wilderness-wise kidnapper, Hawke realizes his sister needs to return home and immerse herself in their heritage. Grief is a journey that must be traveled and knowing her fiancé had wanted Marion to dance again, Hawke believes their culture would help her heal.



Reviews of Bear Stalker by Amazon Reviewers:

I love reading the Hawke series. Hawke is a very caring person though he comes off as a little distant and wary. This however comes from his years on the reservation, in the military, and as a trooper for the state Fish and Wildlife department. Hawke will do what it takes to protect someone who is hurt or innocent even if it means he bends a few rules and keeps things from her boss. The mystery is great. There are plenty of twists, turns, and red herrings to keep you guessing who is behind everything. I recommend this to mystery fans and fans of police procedurals. Also anyone who enjoys reading mysteries with indigenous characters.

The Gabriel Hawke mystery series is very compelling. I loved this latest book in the series!
It combines hunting a murderer, Native American culture, and the importance of family
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** Don't miss the rest of the series here! **

The ancient art of tracking is his greatest strength...
And his biggest weakness.

Fish and Wildlife State Trooper Gabriel Hawke is a master tracker. His determination to discover what is at the end of the trail in the wilderness, a paper trail, or a murder investigation helps him uncover the truth. His desire to stay true to his ancestors and Indigenous roots keeps him grounded.


Reviews from a blog tour for book #1:

This traditional mystery, book #1 in a new series, has good character depth and features a strong Native American character. ~The Power of Words

"The blend of nature tracking, clues, and the animals makes for a fascinating mystery that is hard to put down."
 ~Books a Plenty Book Reviews

Her (Jager's) writing is well-crafted, gripping, authentic. The story appeals right from the beginning, mainly because of her unique protagonist, Fish & Wildlife State Trooper Gabriel Hawke. Readers will eagerly follow every step (and miss-step) of his investigation into this complex, multi-faceted murder.
~Here’s How It Happened


Murder of Ravens
Gabriel Hawke #1
Game warden Gabriel Hawke is after poachers in the Wallowa Whitman National Forest, when he comes across a body wearing a wolf tracking collar.
**Audiobook On Sale at Authors' Direct for only $1.99!!**
https://www.books2read.com/u/bxZwMP

Mouse Trail Ends
Gabriel Hawke #2
Dead bodies in the wilderness. A child is missing. Hawke is an expert tracker, but he isn’t the only one looking for the child.
https://books2read.com/u/mlYaWB

Rattlesnake Brother
Gabriel Hawke #3
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. When the hunter ends up dead, Hawke believes the DA is the killer.
https://books2read.com/u/3JyooJ

Chattering Blue Jay
Gabriel Hawke #4
Hawke is enlisted to find an escaped prisoner. He’s paired with a boastful tracker who doesn’t follow directions, making them both targets.
https://books2read.com/u/4NQJ2o

Fox Goes Hunting
Gabriel Hawke #5
In Iceland to teach a tracking class, Hawke discovers a body in a boiling mud pool. He has five days to catch the killer.
https://books2read.com/u/3yEjKv

Turkey’s Fiery Demise

Gabriel Hawke #6
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. Hawke doesn’t believe it was an accident.
https://books2read.com/u/38RnOZ

Stolen Butterfly
Gabriel Hawke #7
Angered over how the local officials are responding to a missing Umatilla woman, Hawke teams up with a security guard at the Indian casino and an FBI agent. Together they uncover a human trafficking ring.
https://books2read.com/u/baZEPq

Churlish Badger
Gabriel Hawke #8
After finding an abandoned vehicle, Hawke digs for clues and turns up two bodies buried on a farm. Who killed the two and why keeps Hawke circling for answers, forcing the killer to burrow down or attack.
https://books2read.com/u/mZZx2l

Owl’s Silent Strike
Gabriel Hawke #9
Unexpected snowstorm. Unfortunate accident. And a body. Gabriel Hawke must battle a snowstorm to find a killer and get off the mountain alive.
https://books2read.com/u/bw19DG



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Paty Jager is the award-winning author of the Shandra Higheagle mysteries, Gabriel Hawke Novels, and Spotted Pony Casino Mystery series. 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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Who Doesn’t Love a Bear?
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Before writing Bear Stalker, book 10 in my Gabriel Hawke series, I took a road trip to Montana. Why Montana? As I mentioned in another blog post on this tour, it was due to a lake resort I’d seen on a trip with my hubby. And that is in another post as well. ?
I kidnapped my sister-in-law for this trip. She’s always willing to go on research trips with me.
One of the places I needed to see for my research was a section of wilderness. I wanted Hawke’s sister to be hiding from a killer in this area. Which meant I wanted to experience it. Not by hiking or backpacking though I would have if there hadn’t been a road. Not a well-traveled road, but a road nonetheless.
After a conversation with a local who said, “Yes, my Jeep Cherokee would make it across the road,” we headed for the road.
At first the road was pavement, then gravel, and eventually mud and rock. We also encountered rain, sleet, and some snow while traversing the one-lane, pothole-riddled portion of the road.   
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But it was worth every slow mile and easing through some large holes. The pine and fir trees were bright green. The spring plants were leafing and budding out. The streams we drove beside and crossed were bubbling with melted snow from higher regions.
And the best part was seeing a bear.
I spotted something brown moving behind a bush as we crept along the road. I mentioned to my sister-in-law something moved. She looked and we both gasped with joy as a small bear stepped out from behind the bush. I put the Jeep in park, and she rolled down the window. We watched the bear grubbing, looking for food, under rocks and limbs.
I handed my sister-in-law my phone and asked her to take photos since the bear was on her side of the road. She made kissy sounds to get the bear’s attention and took several photos. One of them is the cover of the book.
We sat there watching the bear until he disappeared. Then we continued on across the road.
I didn’t have a title for this book until I saw the photos and decided one of the photos my sister-in-law took would be the cover of the book. Because I have animals on all of my Hawke books, I came up with Bear Stalker as the title due to the fact the killer and Hawke are both trying to find Small Bear (a nickname Hawke and his mother called his sister when she was small).  
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63 Comments
Rita Wray
2/6/2023 09:17:18 am

Great cover.

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Paty Jager link
2/6/2023 11:42:21 am

Thank you, Rita! I try to use photos from the setting of my books for my covers. Most of the time I have to add an animal, this time we didn't. ;)

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Paty Jager link
2/6/2023 11:43:06 am

Thank you for hosting this tour for Bear Stalker.

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wendy hutton
2/6/2023 12:27:25 pm

this sounds like an exciting book to read, thanks

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Paty Jager link
2/6/2023 12:31:08 pm

Hi Wendy. Thanks for stopping by. This was a fun book to write. Lots of action and family dynamics.

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Wendy Jensen
2/6/2023 05:56:05 pm

From the book details this appears to be a very interesting book and series.

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Paty Jager link
2/6/2023 06:27:11 pm

Thank you, Wendy. I have had a great time writing this character and the books in this series. I'm hoping to write many more.

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Sherry
2/6/2023 06:20:48 pm

Sounds like a good book.

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Paty Jager link
2/6/2023 06:28:49 pm

Hi Sherry, Thank you. This series has been a lot of fun to write.

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kristi
2/6/2023 06:32:14 pm

fingers crossed

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Paty Jager link
2/6/2023 06:34:56 pm

I presume that is to win the prize? Good luck!

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bn100
2/6/2023 08:15:16 pm

interesting

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Paty Jager link
2/7/2023 12:24:50 pm

Thank you!

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Heather Mahley
2/6/2023 10:10:51 pm

I really like the cover

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Paty Jager link
2/7/2023 12:25:34 pm

Thank you, Heather. It was a fun experience seeing the bear so close up.

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Beyond Comps
2/7/2023 06:50:44 am

Great cover!

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Paty Jager link
2/7/2023 12:26:26 pm

It almost looks like the bear is posing.

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Marcy Meyer
2/7/2023 06:50:54 am

Love the cover and title. Sounds like a really interesting story.

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Paty Jager link
2/7/2023 12:27:06 pm

Thank you, Marcy. The research trip was fun and so is the cover.

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Valerie Seal
2/7/2023 12:34:10 pm

Nice to see an animal book.

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Paty Jager link
2/7/2023 12:36:43 pm

The book isn't about an animal, it's about a woman running for her life and being accused of murder.

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Terri Quick
2/7/2023 02:42:08 pm

Loving the cover

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Paty Jager link
2/7/2023 02:56:44 pm

Thank you, Terri.

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Bea LaRocca
2/8/2023 06:19:23 am

Thank you for sharing your guest post, bio and book details and for offering a giveaway, I have enjoyed reading about you and your work and I love the photos that you shared. This sounds like a book and series that I will enjoy reading and I am looking forward to doing so

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Paty Jager link
2/8/2023 12:24:33 pm

Bea, Thank you for your kind words. If you do enjoy the series, please let others know about it.

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Athena Graeme
2/10/2023 02:26:15 am

That sounds like a fabulous murder mystery.

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Paty Jager link
2/11/2023 10:05:11 am

Thak you, Athena. I love writing twisty mysteries.

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Paty Jager link
2/10/2023 11:26:44 am

Athena, Glad you like the sound of it. I had a fun time writing and researching for the story.

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David Hollingsworth
2/10/2023 09:25:57 pm

Sounds like a really thrilling book!

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Paty Jager link
2/11/2023 10:06:10 am

Thak you, David. It is action-packed in a wilderness way. ;)

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Debbi Wellenstein
2/11/2023 09:08:28 am

This sounds exciting! Thanks for the giveaway!

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Paty Jager link
2/11/2023 10:06:45 am

Debbi, you're welcome.

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David Basile
2/11/2023 09:59:09 am

Looks like a good book.

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Paty Jager link
2/11/2023 10:04:22 am

Thank you, David.

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Paty Jager link
2/11/2023 10:07:10 am

Thanks!

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Ann Fantom
2/11/2023 10:19:08 am

This sounds like an interesting book and I also like the cover.


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Paty Jager link
2/12/2023 12:16:13 pm

HI Ann, Thank you. I try hard to write stories readers would enjoy and my covers all have animals to reflect the Game Warden side of Hawke's job.

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Susan Smith
2/11/2023 11:00:57 am

This sounds like a great Mystery Thriller read. I like the cover.

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Paty Jager link
2/12/2023 12:17:04 pm

Susan, thanks for commenting and the kind words.

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beth shepherd
2/11/2023 11:36:18 am

This looks like a great read

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Paty Jager link
2/12/2023 12:17:31 pm

Hi Beth, Thank you. It was a fun book to write.

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MICHAEL A LAW
2/11/2023 01:47:37 pm

Sounds the a good premise!

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Paty Jager link
2/12/2023 12:18:33 pm

Thanks, Michael. I had fun going on a day ride with a Fish and Wildlife State Trooper to learn the ins and outs of the job when I'd come up with my character Hawke.

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Angela Heerde
2/11/2023 10:31:32 pm

I like book details

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Paty Jager link
2/12/2023 12:19:17 pm

Angela, what kind of details do you like about a book?

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Jamie N.
2/11/2023 11:38:40 pm

This sounds like my kind of book!

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Paty Jager link
2/12/2023 12:19:34 pm

Jamie, check it out!

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Barbara Montag
2/14/2023 12:02:11 pm

Wow love this genre, title & cover!
Thank you for sharing this with us.

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Cynthia C
2/15/2023 08:34:51 am

Sounds like an exciting story. I love mysteries.

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Daniel M
2/16/2023 06:14:29 pm

like the cover

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jose rosado
2/19/2023 03:07:33 pm

What do you think of the book details? Do you have any questions for the author?


A very good blurb

THX

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Alma C Fisher
2/19/2023 06:28:01 pm

looks good id give it a try

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BILL HOFF
2/19/2023 06:59:09 pm

Looking forward to reading this

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Stephanie Liske
2/19/2023 08:54:47 pm

I like the book details.

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Judy Gregory
2/20/2023 06:37:42 am

Good luck with all your endeavors.

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Candie L
2/20/2023 10:15:03 am

I think it is interesting. I also think that with the movie release and the story of Cocaine Bear, there will be more interst in bears in general

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Tina F
2/20/2023 02:46:40 pm

I absolutely love the cover. It looks like an amazing book.

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Kayleigh Hostetter
2/20/2023 03:32:04 pm

Sounds thrilling!

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Jenny Ham
2/20/2023 07:18:25 pm

Sounds good I am always up for a good mystery. Thanks for sharing.

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Dreaa Drake
2/20/2023 08:41:08 pm

This sounds like a great book!

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Sand
2/20/2023 09:49:21 pm

Sounds like a great book!

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jason jennings
2/20/2023 10:17:51 pm

great cover cannt wait to read.

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Renata
2/20/2023 10:35:39 pm

Sounds good!

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