Peter Bowen is celebrated for his mystery novels deeply rooted in the modern American West. Drawing inspiration from the tales of grizzled cowboys he encountered in his youth, Bowen crafts narratives rich with the atmosphere of the frontier. His signature creation, Gabriel Du Pré, a mixed-race lawman, navigates a landscape of intrigue, from cold-blooded murder to the pursuit of rare fossils. Bowen masterfully blends thrilling detective plots with the distinct character and rugged beauty of the West.
As gruesomely dismembered corpses of young women are discovered one after another in his small Montana ranching town, Gabriel Du Pre angrily begins the hunt for a murderer and finds that he must try to think like the serial killer in order to catch him.
Du Pré est un sang-mêlé descendant de Canadiens français et d'Amérindiens, il vit dans le Montana. Alors qu'il participait à un festival de musique traditionnelle organisé à Washington par le Smithsonian, une jeune femme Cree du Canada, membre d'un groupe de chanteurs est tuée. Paul Chase le patron du festival propose à Du Pré de monter une expédition pour suivre une ancienne route de trappeurs ..