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A Montana Mystery Featuring Gabriel Du Pré
Montana, "the last best place" of the disappearing American West, is the setting of Peter Bowen's splendid first mystery novel in a series featuring Gabriel Du Pré. A cattle-brand inspector and occasional sheriff's deputy, Du Pré moves easily among the ranchers, cowboys, Native Americans, barflies, dreamers, and Eastern dudes who populate what's left of the frontier.
In the desolate hills of the Fascelli family ranch, a skeleton has been discovered. The sheriff needs Du Pré's long experience in Montana to identify the bones. What Du Pré finds leads him on a search through the history of a troubled family, a search that brings him closer to a secret from his own past. Along the way, Du Pré meets a range of interesting folk, some to his liking, some decidedly not.
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出版社周刊评论
The author of the Yellowstone Kelly mysteries introduces a new regional detective in Montana cattle inspector and sometime sheriff's deputy, Gabriel Du Pre, a Metis, whose ancestors are French and Cree. The 40-year-old widower and father of two daughters wrestles with the mystery of a newly discovered, three-decades old plane wreck with the remains of a rancher, his wife and a third headless, handless corpse. In the process of investigating, Du Pre becomes acquainted with the man whose family bought the ranch where the wreck was later found. He also uncovers the tainted history of his deceased parents and an eccentric aunt who lives in Canada and searches an old gold mining claim once owned by his father to discover the answer that links his family with the rancher's. Distinguished by realistic dialogue, a fluid inclusion of local history and Du Pre's convincing concern with guilt, repentance and tradition, this is a deeply textured tale. As ``Coyote Jack,'' Bowen writes for the ``Forbes FYI'' column. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Bowen (Imperial Kelly, 1992, etc.), who as ``Coyote Jack'' writes a column about the contemporary West and who also has written a series of novels about Yellowstone Kelly set in the Old West, here introduces readers to Gabriel Du Pré. Du Pré, a Canadian Metis Indian living in Montana, must juggle his job as a cattle inspector, his tempestuous relationship with Madelaine, and his nearly failed relationship with his daughter. The local sheriff, often short-handed, also calls upon him from time to time to help out. When a skeleton is discovered in an old plane wreck, Du Pré is asked to investigate. There turn out to be three bodies at the crash site, one of whom died not from the accident but from a .38 slug to the brain. Someone used the old plane crash to hide a more recent murder. But who? And, as a preliminary question, Who is the victim? Unraveling these mysteries will take all the skills Du Pré has learned from years spent in the outdoors. A clever plot is marred by a somewhat unsatisfactory resolution tipped too early. Readers will also have to overlook Du Pré's dialogue, written in bad dialect. Still, there is enough mystery here, spiced up with history of the Metis people, to hold attention.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gabe Du Pre, cattle-brand inspector and sometime deputy in isolated Toussaint, Montana, is investigating a reported plane wreck deep in the country. There were supposed to be only two passengers onboard when the plane crashed more than 30 years ago, but now a skull and the hands of a third victim have been found at the site. As he tries to connect the new find to an unidentified corpse also discovered many years ago, Gabe is forced to rethink his own Native American heritage and his sense of family. The mystery is routine--just another take on the standard small-town-with-a-dark-past scenario--but Gabe's rhythmic, regional voice and his sly wit take the novel to another level. Gabe's most endearing quality may be that, unlike many mystery heroes, he has a life outside solving crimes. His supporting cast is also outstanding, from his lover to his two daughters to the mixed bag of local drunks and cowboys. Let's hope Bowen, who writes a syndicated column on the West under the pseudonym Cactus Jack, finds time to give us many more Gabe Du Pre adventures. ~--Wes Lukowsky