Specimen Song (Gabriel Du Pre #2) [B1009]

2012 PB in nice clean condition. A "plain-spoken, deep-thinking Montana cattle inspector" takes on a serial killer in DC (The New York Times Book Review). With misgivings, cattle inspector and sometime deputy Gabriel Du Pré has left his hometown of Toussaint, Montana, for big-city Washington, DC, where the Métis Indian fiddler has agreed to play his people's music for a Smithsonian festival. But like the frightened and confused horse galloping wildly down the National Mall, Du Pré is very much out of his element. He does know how to catch and calm a runaway horse; If only catching a killer could be so simple. When a Cree woman from Canada who came to sing in the festival is found murdered, her death is just the first in a series of fatal attacks on Native Americans. Each killing is foretold by a shaman, and each time a primitive weapon is used. As the body count rises, Du Pré fears he might be the serial killer's ultimate target.

"The best of Tony Hillerman meets Zane Grey . . . Du Pré is a character of legendary proportions."-Ridley Pearson. Booklist calls Gabriel Du Pré "one of the most unusual characters working the fictional homicide beat."

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Found me a new Author. This guy writes wonderful stories.... of Montana and cajuns and Indians and murder and medicine men; you get into one of his books and you never want to leave.... I will be reading more of his stuff and entering his world of wonder..... and wishing I could stay there forever"; "This story has a great blend of action and mysticism which really appealed to me. I liked the main character and the author has successfully worked in some seemingly easy humor. Fortunately I already have the next book in the series in my TBR pile."; "The action is partly out in the open, but a good bit is interior - in Du Pré's mind, and it's a fascinating place to visit. You'll like it or not, I loved it!"