Coyote Wind
A Gabriel Du Pré Mystery

Published in 1994, this is the novel that introduced Gabriel Du Pre, a fiddle player, brand inspector and part-time deputy sheriff who lives in the fictional town of Toussaint on the eastern plains of Montana. Du Pre is somewhere in his middle forties when we first meet him, a widower with two daugh......more

This is a very interesting novel told in a plain-spoken manner by the leading character, Gabriel Du Pré. Du Pré, as everyone seems to call him, was raised in Montana and lives there as a cattle brand inspector. Coyote Wind is a tale from present day Montana that the word “authentic” was intended to......more

This is a book about character and place. The murder mystery moves the story forward, but is used mostly to tell us about the character of Gabriel DuPre. In fact, it doesn't really work well as a murder mystery because its solution comes mostly from a deus ex machina in the form of a local quasi-sha......more

It helps if you ever rubbed up against some French Canadians. Most are Quebecois. But some are just Americans who still call themselves French Canadians, from that long line of tough trappers and traders that made the Hudson Bay Company the Apple stock of its day. Helps you follow Gabriel Du Pre, th......more

Found this author from the GoodReads Community-This is book #1 and it is a good fast read. We are introduced to DuPre and his family and life in Montana. I love the history woven into the mystery. I will read more..........more