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Coyote Wind: A Montana Mystery Featuring Gabriel Du PR (The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Peter Bowen (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 out of 5 stars 908 ratings
First in the crime-fiction series set in the modern-day west, starring a half-French, half-Indian “character of legendary proportions” (Ridley Pearson).
 
Officially, Gabriel Du Pré is the cattle inspector for Toussaint, Montana, responsible for making sure no one tries to sell livestock branded by another ranch. Unofficially, he is responsible for much more than cows’ backsides. The barren country around Toussaint is too vast for the town’s small police force, and so, when needed, this hard-nosed Métis Indian lends a hand. When the sheriff offers gas money to investigate newly discovered plane wreckage in the desert, Du Pré quickly finds himself embroiled in a mystery stretching back a generation.
 
For three decades, the crashed plane sat in the sun as the bodies inside rotted away to their bones. Two skeletons are whole, but for one nothing remains but the hands, the skull, and the bullet that ended his life. The crime was hidden long ago, but in the Montana badlands, nothing stays buried forever . . .
 
In Gabriel Du Pré, “Bowen has taken the antihero of Hemingway and Hammett and brought him up to date . . . a fresh, memorable character” (The New York Times Book Review).
 
Coyote Wind is the 1st book in The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
 
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“Bowen has taken the antihero of Hemingway and Hammett and brought him up to date. . . . As the best literary novels are able to do, Coyote Wind brings many worlds together and hones the language to create a fresh, memorable character and a profound vision.” —The New York Times Book Review “Distinguished by realistic dialogue, a fluid inclusion of local history and Du Pré's convincing concern with guilt, repentance and tradition, this is a deeply textured tale.” —Publishers Weekly “Gabe’s rhythmic, regional voice and his sly wit take the novel to another level.” —Booklist

About the Author

Peter Bowen (b. 1945) is an author best known for mystery novels set in the modern American West. When he was ten, Bowen’s family moved to Bozeman, Montana, where a paper route introduced him to the grizzled old cowboys who frequented a bar called The Oaks. Listening to their stories, some of which stretched back to the 1870s, Bowen found inspiration for his later fiction.

Following time at the University of Michigan and the University of Montana, Bowen published his first novel, Yellowstone Kelly, in 1987. After two more novels featuring the real-life Western hero, Bowen published Coyote Wind (1994), which introduced Gabriel Du Pré, a mixed-race lawman living in fictional Toussaint, Montana. Bowen has written fourteen novels in the series, in which Du Pré gets tangled up in everything from cold-blooded murder to the hunt for rare fossils. Bowen continues to live and write in Livingston, Montana.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007AUXR1W
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller (March 13, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 13, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 8.9 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 178 pages
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Peter Bowen (b. 1945) is best known for mystery novels set in the modern American West. He published his first novel, Yellowstone Kelly, in 1987. After two more novels featuring this real-life Western hero, Bowen published Coyote Wind (1994), which introduced Gabriel Du Pré, a mixed-race lawman living in fictional Toussaint, Montana. To date, he has written thirteen Du Pré mysteries. Bowen lives and writes in Livingston, Montana.

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Customers find this mystery novel intriguing with a well-thought-out plot and rich cultural content. The book features great characters and provides historical insights, with one review noting its insightful introduction to a culture. While some customers appreciate the elegant writing style, others find the dialect difficult to read, and opinions about the book's entertainment value are mixed, with some finding it enjoyable while others find it boring. The suspense level receives negative feedback, with customers describing it as very slow-paced.

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40 customers mention "Story quality"33 positive7 negative

Customers find the book's story intriguing and well told, with a well thought out plot. One customer notes that it is rich with culture and character.

"...Before long, I loved it. Good story, good writing, good time...." Read more

"...They are formulaic and repetitious across books. The mysteries themselves are interesting, but not overly complicated...." Read more

"...characters, and the Montana setting while providing a satisfactory stand-alone mystery." Read more

"...The mysteries are good and the characters are even better and that is why I would recommend at least an introduction to the Gabriel Du Pre mysteries." Read more

35 customers mention "Readability"35 positive0 negative

Customers find the book enjoyable and fun to read, with one customer noting it's particularly good for a short read.

"...And the main characters' families are a delightful and funny brew of love and mayhem...." Read more

"This was a great read. Du Pre is a different kind of brand inspector with a different way of talking. Bowen wrote the book in first person narrative...." Read more

"...but I can say it that COYOTE WIND by Peter Bowen is definitely: Brilliant!..." Read more

"...his side stream characters are all interesting and help develop the full enjoyment of the book. Excellent work and thank you for writing!" Read more

26 customers mention "Character development"26 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, with one customer specifically praising Peter Bowen's performance.

"...thing that makes Bowen's Du Pre' books so great is how his characters are fleshed out...." Read more

"...job providing background and insight in De Pre, the other fascinating characters, and the Montana setting while providing a satisfactory stand-alone..." Read more

"...The mysteries are good and the characters are even better and that is why I would recommend at least an introduction to the Gabriel Du Pre mysteries." Read more

"I love the story and the prose, that grows on you. I find all the characters real, and I've grown to know them well...." Read more

10 customers mention "History"10 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the historical elements in the book, with one noting it provides an insightful introduction to Native American culture.

"...and Bowen has done an excellent job providing background and insight in De Pre, the other fascinating characters, and the Montana setting while..." Read more

"...It should be noted that the books are more about the people than about complex mysteries and detailed detective work...." Read more

"...It can also be perceived as historical text. I hate his political digs at one particular party...." Read more

"...portion of Montana and gives you great feeling for the rich and diverse history through the use of very well developed characters...." Read more

4 customers mention "Humor"4 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the humor in the book.

"...And the main characters' families are a delightful and funny brew of love and mayhem...." Read more

"...It had moments of laugh out loud commentary. Oh no I just realized this takes placed in Montana not Louisiana...." Read more

"I enjoyed this book very much. It is,by turns, intriguing, funny, creepy, and sad. I'll read more in the series, I'm sure." Read more

"A good read from cover to cover, humor, heart, mystery, and pathos. It was quite a ride." Read more

30 customers mention "Writing style"18 positive12 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the writing style of the book, with some praising its elegant and descriptive nature, while others find it difficult to read due to the dialect and broken English.

"...He writes in the true voice of the old west, in words that sing. I wish my father (1915-1989) had known the works of Peter Bowen...." Read more

"...series by reading "Coyote Wind", please be aware that the dialog is tricky to read, but ever so rewarding to absorb." Read more

"I love the story and the prose, that grows on you. I find all the characters real, and I've grown to know them well...." Read more

"...Peter Bowen paints a great picture and has some good mysteries and his side stream characters are all interesting and help develop the full..." Read more

9 customers mention "Enjoyment"3 positive6 negative

Customers have mixed feelings about the book, with some finding it enjoyable while others describe it as boring and not great literature.

"...These books just aren't quite good enough. These are like much weaker versions of Tony Hillman novels...." Read more

"It is hard to say what makes this quiet, subtle tale so enjoyable. The narrative flows easily through Du Pre's current and historical life...." Read more

"This in one of those books that just fun. It is not great literature but it does keep your attention." Read more

"...The book started out very, very, very slowly. Too boring." Read more

6 customers mention "Suspense level"0 positive6 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the suspense level of the book, with some finding it very slowly paced, while one customer mentions it reads very fast.

"...I've read nine of these guys and they read very fast. They are formulaic and repetitious across books...." Read more

"...It's not a fast moving thriller but rather a slow paced evolution and in the end it's not really about how the mystery is solved but rather the..." Read more

"...His style was difficult, slowed the suspense, but I think some transcription errors were most often at fault." Read more

"Writing style too hard to follow and seemed to drag on. Didn't understand a lot of the slang and broken English" Read more

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  • Sandy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Top Notch Mystery in Montana
    Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2023
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    I have never read a better series of modern "westerns" than Peter Bowen's Gabriel Du Pre' novels. Not only did I learn a lot about Montana's native population, but each of Bowen's books present a challenging mystery for Du Pre' to solve. I love the inclusion of the mystical medicine man and his antics. Perhaps the thing that makes Bowen's Du Pre' books so great is how his characters are fleshed out. You will find no cardboard cut-out cowboys, villains or heroes in any of his books. And the main characters' families are a delightful and funny brew of love and mayhem. Although I suspect that the current "Yellowstone" series borrows heavily from Bowen's novels, they do not compare.
    For those just starting out with this series by reading "Coyote Wind", please be aware that the dialog is tricky to read, but ever so rewarding to absorb.
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  • Horsebooks13
    4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, different, and exceptionally readable.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2014
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    This was a great read. Du Pre is a different kind of brand inspector with a different way of talking. Bowen wrote the book in first person narrative. At first I found the syntax a little discomfiting. Before long, I loved it. Good story, good writing, good time. When this brand inspector befriends a multi-millionaire alcoholic looking for who killed his brother, he agrees to take on the detective work only to confirm a grisly truth he already suspected. Throughout his investigation, Du Pre must contend with his day job, deal with a drunk Metis prophet, a rebellious young daughter, an older daughter who pumps out babies right and left, and a lover who keeps him feeling peaceful and loved. Bowen can really turn a phrase and has a unique voice well worth reading. I want to read more Montana Mysteries.
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  • MetaphoricalOldGuy
    3.0 out of 5 stars A few good things, but still about average for a Gabe Du Pre mystery
    Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2015
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    It is hard to decide how to review these Gabe Du Pre mysteries. Gabe and everyone else around him seems to live a life of "eat-more-beef," "drink whiskey while driving," and drive well above the speed limit. It is at once a simpler lifestyle and a thumb in the eye of authority of all kinds. Californians and environmentalists are the ill-informed and despicable enemies and Gabe, who works as a brand inspector, has a life in which he always has enough money (about which he cares not at all) and plenty of time (about which he cares a lot).

    I've read nine of these guys and they read very fast. They are formulaic and repetitious across books. The mysteries themselves are interesting, but not overly complicated. I cannot explain why I have read them one, after the other, like eating potato chips. I can tell you that the ninth one was the point when I knew I was done. These books just aren't quite good enough.

    These are like much weaker versions of Tony Hillman novels. There the protagonists seem to have deeper values and beliefs and the mysteries are more interesting and complex.

    So, I have given most books of the nine books in the series that I have read a three-star rating, with just a couple getting a two-star rating because they had weaker plots or characters.
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  • Frank Watson - Writer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Book to Set Up Series
    Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2019
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    Not many books that I can say this about, but I can say it that COYOTE WIND by Peter Bowen is definitely: Brilliant!

    To start with, I find the main character - Gabriel Du Pre – to be fascinating and original. He is Indian/Metis (descendent of French voyageurs) in extremely rural Montana. His job is livestock brand inspector, though he seems to do more-or-less what he wants, when he wants.

    De Pre seems to know everybody in the community, including Benetsee, an old Indian mystic who seems to appear at random times for reasons of his own.

    De Pre also seems to know every inch of the area.

    And its history for generations back.

    This knowledge of people and places serves him well when the wreck of an airplane is found on the mountains with the remains of four persons long dead. Only problem, the remains of one of the four consist only of a skull and a few finger bones.

    Federal authorities are called in to investigate (the crashed plane had not filed a flight plan) though after so many years nobody expected to find any answers.

    De Pre, however, with all his knowledge and an insatiable curiosity, investigated on his own, even when he realized the secrets he was uncovering.

    This is the first book in the series, and Bowen has done an excellent job providing background and insight in De Pre, the other fascinating characters, and the Montana setting while providing a satisfactory stand-alone mystery.
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  • LK
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written puzzle
    Reviewed in Canada on November 8, 2017
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    This book is written in a unique style - clipped and sparse prose it still paints such vivid pictures they imprint in your mind like a brand on cattle. The characters are complex and very evocative of the real world community they portray. A unique view of the world, values, morals and community the world of the Metis is sketched out clearly. It’s hard not to love flawed Gabriel and his family, the hard life of Montana. Its a good puzzle ,still the mystery takes a back seat to the people and the complexities of the social setting. I was unable to put the book down and felt like I’d met people I’ve always wanted to know. It’s a gem and I hope the rest of the series doesn’t lose that thread.
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  • Eldon
    4.0 out of 5 stars Coyote Wind
    Reviewed in Canada on December 18, 2021
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    I enjoy these books because the plot is not your average crime novel. The background of the characters is authentic and the reader is carried along to a satisfying conclusion. As a Canadian reader living north of Montana I can relate to the way of life and weather portrayed. On a picky note revolvers don’t have safety catches that you can you can engage or disengage, Manitoba never had Provincial Police, and has used the RCMP. The stubby beer bottles described went out of use ten years before the book was published.

    On a personal note I have many Métis relatives, went to school with Métis and have many Métis friends. I think the author is very hard on non Métis Canadians.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Coyote Wind (the Montana mysteries featuring Gabriel Du Pre’
    Reviewed in Canada on June 17, 2020
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    I really enjoyed this book. Du Pre’ is a great character, reminds me of family. His Maria is a good kid. And Madeline is a great match for him
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