When a secretive millennial cult from California purchases a ranch on the outskirts of the Montana badlands, an eerily silent, dry, and windy dead zone, the Toussaint townsfolk are none too pleased. The cult members keep to themselves, but the suspicious circumstances under which they arrived have Gabriel Du Pré questioning their motives and seeking answers. He soon learns from a friend in the FBI that seven of the cult's recently defected members were killed—each shot to death—but no arrests have been made. Then another shooting occurs at the perimeter of the ranch, and Du Pré finds himself blindly
Christopher Lane reads the oblique thoughts of Gabriel Du Pre, Bowen's fast-driving, illiterate Western hero, as naturally as possible. Capturing both male and female characters equally well, Lane portrays Du Pre's girlfriend, the strong and stubborn bartender, Madelaine, and his wicked 10-year-old granddaughter, Pallas, with clarity and empathy. Newcomers from the Host of Yahweh, a Californian millennial cult, keep to themselves, but Du Pre's investigation, in cooperation with the FBI, discovers a killer and the identity of the cult's mysterious leader. Indian lore and a buffalo stampede are woven into this intriguing mystery. S.C.A. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine
About the Author
PETER BOWEN, cowboy, hunting and fishing guide, folksinger, poet, essayist, and novelist, has written the Gabriel Du Pré mysteries in part because "the Métis are a great people, a wonderful people, and not many Americans know anything about them."
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