Badlands, Peter Bowen
Badlands, Peter Bowen
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Badlands
A Gabriel Du Pré Mystery

Author: Peter Bowen

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Unabridged: 5 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Synopsis

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 searching for a killer, an explanation for the murders, and the identity of the cult’s elusive leader.

About Peter Bowen

Peter Bowen lives in Livingston, Montana, and has worked as a cowboy, hunting and fishing guide, folksinger, poet, essayist, and novelist. He 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.”

About Christopher Lane

Christopher Lane is an award-winning actor, director, and narrator. He has been awarded the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration several times and has won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandy on January 31, 2009

I have never read anything about the Metis Indians before. This book was very entertaining, pretty bloody, funny and thought provoking. There were no discernable prepositions and the present tense was about the only thing used so I felt that I was reading in a new language.......more

Goodreads review by Ben on April 06, 2021

2.5 or 3 Local farmers moving out, California cult moves in. They start shooting at wild horses, killing a bunch of ex-members. Looks like they're setting up Wild Wild Country shenanigans, minus the political angle so far. Du Pre and Harvey's unit make trouble for them. They come out peacefully whil......more

Goodreads review by George on February 08, 2021

The characters fit closely to being picaresque but with added dimensions. Fable? Yes but delightful reads. Oversized characters but appealing none the less.......more

Goodreads review by Treva on January 06, 2021

love this series, wish I could understand the language better.......more

Goodreads review by Jimmie Lee Johnson on January 29, 2021

A depressing indictment of the cults driving our people who are not satisfied with our way of life.......more

Quotes

“Christopher Lane reads the oblique thoughts of Gabriel Du Pré, Bowen’s fast-driving, illiterate Western hero, as naturally as possible. Capturing both male and female characters equally well, Lane portrays Du Pré’s girlfriend, the strong and stubborn bartender, Madelaine and his wicked 10-year-old granddaughter, Pallas, with clarity and empathy…[An] intriguing mystery.” AudioFile

“Actor (Christopher) Lane must be channeling Bowen’s out-of-the-ordinary protagonist. How else could he so perfectly capture Du Pré’s unique rhythmic speech patterns and blunt style? Other characters are also well represented in Lane’s multi-voiced presentation.” Kliatt  

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