{"product_id":"death-of-a-rainmaker-laurie-loewenstein-9781617756795","title":"Death of a Rainmaker: A Dust Bowl Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Loewenstein movingly describes the events and the people, from farm eviction auctions and hobo villages to Dish Nights at the movies. She vividly brings to life a town filled with believable characters, from a young woman learning her own worth to the deputy sheriff figuring out where his loyalties lie. This warm and evocative novel captures a time and place, with well-researched details shown through the lives and circumstances of one American town.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Laurie Loewenstein's vivid \u003cem\u003eDeath of a Rainmaker\u003c\/em\u003e is at once an engrossing yarn, an elegant inquiry into human desperation, and a portrait of Depression-era America so searingly authentic that the topsoil practically blows off each page.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003eLouis Bayard\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Pale Blue Eye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a rainmaker is bludgeoned to death in the pitch-blackness of a colossal dust storm, small-town sheriff Temple Jennings shoulders yet another burden in the hard times of the 1930s Dust Bowl. The killing only magnifies Temple's ongoing troubles: a formidable opponent in the upcoming election, the repugnant burden of enforcing farm foreclosures, and his wife's lingering grief over the loss of their eight-year-old son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the sheriff and his young deputy investigate the murder, their suspicions focus on a teenager, Carmine, serving with the Civilian Conservation Corps. The deputy, himself a former CCCer, struggles with remaining loyal to the corps while pursuing his own aspirations as a lawman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the investigation closes in on Carmine, Temple's wife, Etha, quickly becomes convinced of his innocence and sets out to prove it. But Etha's own probe soon reveals a darker web of secrets, which imperil Temple's chances of reelection and cause the husband and wife to confront their long-standing differences about the nature of grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurie Loewenstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1617756792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617756795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018 pg. 45","brand":"Laurie Loewenstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939245785343,"sku":"9781617756795","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2abe6a55-a45c-483e-b242-ecb551e8f95e.jpg?v=1681440362","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-of-a-rainmaker-laurie-loewenstein-9781617756795","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}